#b3bac8

Color #b3bac8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3bac8

RGB

rgb(179, 186, 200)

HSL

hsl(220, 16%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 10.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(75.37, 0.34, -7.89)

LCH

lch(75.37, 7.9, 272.47)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0213, 264.34)

HWB

hwb(220, 70.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c1b3

Analogous

#b3c4c8

#b3bac8

#b6b3c8

Triadic

#b3bac8

#c8b3ba

#bac8b3

Split-complementary

#b3bac8

#c8b6b3

#c4c8b3

Tetradic

#b3bac8

#c1b3c8

#c8c1b3

#bac8b3

Square

#b3bac8

#c8b3c4

#c8c1b3

#b3c8b6

Shades

Color #b3bac8 mixed toward black.

#8e99ad

#6a7893

#505a6e

#353c49

#1b1e25

Tints

Color #b3bac8 mixed toward white.

#c0c5d1

#ccd1da

#d9dce3

#e6e8ed

#f2f3f6

Tones

Color #b3bac8 mixed toward gray.

#b5bbc6

#b6bbc4

#b8bcc3

#babcc1

#bcbdbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6c5 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b6b5c4 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#b3c2c2 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 6.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b3bac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3bac8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3bac8 (#b3bac8) is rgb(179, 186, 200) in RGB.

No, #b3bac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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