#b4b0e1

Color #b4b0e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b0e1

RGB

rgb(180, 176, 225)

HSL

hsl(244.9, 45%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.9, 21.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(73.67, 11.49, -24.05)

LCH

lch(73.67, 26.65, 295.54)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0694, 288.38)

HWB

hwb(244.9, 69%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde1b0

Analogous

#b0c4e1

#b4b0e1

#ccb0e1

Triadic

#b4b0e1

#e1b4b0

#b0e1b4

Split-complementary

#b4b0e1

#e1ccb0

#c4e1b0

Tetradic

#b4b0e1

#e1b0dd

#dde1b0

#b0e1b4

Square

#b4b0e1

#e1b0c4

#dde1b0

#b0e1cc

Shades

Color #b4b0e1 mixed toward black.

#867fcf

#584fbc

#3e3791

#2a2561

#151230

Tints

Color #b4b0e1 mixed toward white.

#c0bde6

#cdcaeb

#d9d7f0

#e6e5f5

#f2f2fa

Tones

Color #b4b0e1 mixed toward gray.

#b7b4dd

#bbb8d9

#bebcd5

#c2c0d1

#c5c4cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d6 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b3d4 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#b4cecc · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b0e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b0e1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b4b0e1 (#b4b0e1) is rgb(180, 176, 225) in RGB.

No, #b4b0e1 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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