#b3cef8

Color #b3cef8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b3cef8

RGB

rgb(179, 206, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 83.1%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 27.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(82.11, 0.23, -23.57)

LCH

lch(82.11, 23.57, 270.56)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0659, 259.15)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 70.2%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8ddb3

Analogous

#b3f0f8

#b3cef8

#bab3f8

Triadic

#b3cef8

#f8b3ce

#cef8b3

Split-complementary

#b3cef8

#f8bab3

#f0f8b3

Tetradic

#b3cef8

#ddb3f8

#f8ddb3

#cef8b3

Square

#b3cef8

#f8b3f0

#f8ddb3

#b3f8ba

Shades

Color #b3cef8 mixed toward black.

#72a4f2

#317aec

#1258c3

#0c3a82

#061d41

Tints

Color #b3cef8 mixed toward white.

#c0d6f9

#ccdefa

#d9e6fb

#e6effd

#f2f7fe

Tones

Color #b3cef8 mixed toward gray.

#b9cff2

#bed0ec

#c4d2e7

#cad3e1

#d0d4db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfc0ef · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#bebcec · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#b4e7e5 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b3cef8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3cef8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#b3cef8 (#b3cef8) is rgb(179, 206, 248) in RGB.

No, #b3cef8 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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