#b3cefc

Color #b3cefc

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3cefc

RGB

rgb(179, 206, 252)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 92.4%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 29%, 98.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 18.3%, 0%, 1.2%)

LAB

lab(82.25, 1.18, -25.49)

LCH

lch(82.25, 25.52, 272.65)

OKLCH

oklch(84.7%, 0.071, 261)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 70.2%, 1.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fce1b3

Analogous

#b3f3fc

#b3cefc

#bcb3fc

Triadic

#b3cefc

#fcb3ce

#cefcb3

Split-complementary

#b3cefc

#fcbcb3

#f3fcb3

Tetradic

#b3cefc

#e1b3fc

#fce1b3

#cefcb3

Square

#b3cefc

#fcb3f3

#fce1b3

#b3fcbc

Shades

Color #b3cefc mixed toward black.

#6ea1f9

#2975f7

#0852cf

#05378a

#031b45

Tints

Color #b3cefc mixed toward white.

#c0d6fc

#ccdefd

#d9e6fd

#e6effe

#f2f7fe

Tones

Color #b3cefc mixed toward gray.

#b9d0f6

#bfd1f0

#c5d3ea

#cbd4e4

#d1d6de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfc0f2 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#bebcef · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#b4eae8 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3cefc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3cefc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3cefc (#b3cefc) is rgb(179, 206, 252) in RGB.

No, #b3cefc 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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