#b4b4e4

Color #b4b4e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b4e4

RGB

rgb(180, 180, 228)

HSL

hsl(240, 47.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 21.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(74.79, 9.97, -23.97)

LCH

lch(74.79, 25.96, 292.58)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0678, 284.77)

HWB

hwb(240, 70.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e4b4

Analogous

#b4cce4

#b4b4e4

#ccb4e4

Triadic

#b4b4e4

#e4b4b4

#b4e4b4

Split-complementary

#b4b4e4

#e4ccb4

#cce4b4

Tetradic

#b4b4e4

#e4b4e4

#e4e4b4

#b4e4b4

Square

#b4b4e4

#e4b4cc

#e4e4b4

#b4e4cc

Shades

Color #b4b4e4 mixed toward black.

#8282d2

#5050c0

#363696

#242464

#121232

Tints

Color #b4b4e4 mixed toward white.

#c0c0e9

#cdcded

#d9d9f2

#e6e6f6

#f2f2fb

Tones

Color #b4b4e4 mixed toward gray.

#b8b8e0

#bcbcdc

#c0c0d8

#c4c4d4

#c8c8d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4da · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b4d7 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#b4d1cf · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b4e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b4e4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b4b4e4 (#b4b4e4) is rgb(180, 180, 228) in RGB.

No, #b4b4e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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