#b3e2ea

Color #b3e2ea

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 1.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b3e2ea

RGB

rgb(179, 226, 234)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 56.7%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 23.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(86.95, -13.35, -8.88)

LCH

lch(86.95, 16.03, 213.63)

OKLCH

oklch(88.2%, 0.0497, 208.99)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 70.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eabbb3

Analogous

#b3ead7

#b3e2ea

#b3c7ea

Triadic

#b3e2ea

#eab3e2

#e2eab3

Split-complementary

#b3e2ea

#eab3c7

#ead7b3

Tetradic

#b3e2ea

#bbb3ea

#eabbb3

#e2eab3

Square

#b3e2ea

#d7b3ea

#eabbb3

#c7eab3

Shades

Color #b3e2ea mixed toward black.

#7dcddb

#47b9cc

#2d91a2

#1e616c

#0f3036

Tints

Color #b3e2ea mixed toward white.

#c0e7ee

#ccecf1

#d9f1f5

#e6f5f8

#f2fafc

Tones

Color #b3e2ea mixed toward gray.

#b8dfe5

#bcdce1

#c1d8dc

#c5d5d8

#cad2d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9cae8 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#c6c3e8 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#b6e7e6 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3e2ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3e2ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#b3e2ea (#b3e2ea) is rgb(179, 226, 234) in RGB.

No, #b3e2ea 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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