#b3c3c4

Color #b3c3c4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.76 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3c3c4

RGB

rgb(179, 195, 196)

HSL

hsl(183.5, 12.6%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.5, 8.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(77.64, -5.25, -2.37)

LCH

lch(77.64, 5.76, 204.3)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.0176, 201.32)

HWB

hwb(183.5, 70.2%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4b4b3

Analogous

#b3c4bc

#b3c3c4

#b3bac4

Triadic

#b3c3c4

#c4b3c3

#c3c4b3

Split-complementary

#b3c3c4

#c4b3ba

#c4bcb3

Tetradic

#b3c3c4

#b4b3c4

#c4b4b3

#c3c4b3

Square

#b3c3c4

#bcb3c4

#c4b4b3

#bac4b3

Shades

Color #b3c3c4 mixed toward black.

#90a7a9

#6d8b8d

#52686a

#374546

#1b2323

Tints

Color #b3c3c4 mixed toward white.

#c0cdce

#ccd7d8

#d9e1e1

#e6ebeb

#f2f5f5

Tones

Color #b3c3c4 mixed toward gray.

#b4c2c3

#b6c0c1

#b7bfc0

#b9bebe

#babdbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babac4 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#b9b8c4 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#b4c4c4 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3c3c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3c3c4]

Related colors

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Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b3c3c4 (#b3c3c4) is rgb(179, 195, 196) in RGB.

No, #b3c3c4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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