#b4b4ff

Color #b4b4ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.82 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b4ff

RGB

rgb(180, 180, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 29.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(75.8, 16.34, -37)

LCH

lch(75.8, 40.45, 293.83)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.1057, 283.73)

HWB

hwb(240, 70.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffffb4

Analogous

#b4daff

#b4b4ff

#dab4ff

Triadic

#b4b4ff

#ffb4b4

#b4ffb4

Split-complementary

#b4b4ff

#ffdab4

#daffb4

Tetradic

#b4b4ff

#ffb4ff

#ffffb4

#b4ffb4

Square

#b4b4ff

#ffb4da

#ffffb4

#b4ffda

Shades

Color #b4b4ff mixed toward black.

#6c6cff

#2323ff

#0000da

#000091

#000049

Tints

Color #b4b4ff mixed toward white.

#c1c1ff

#cdcdff

#dadaff

#e6e6ff

#f3f3ff

Tones

Color #b4b4ff mixed toward gray.

#babaf9

#c1c1f3

#c7c7ec

#cdcde6

#d3d3e0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4f0 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#b4b4ec · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b4e3e0 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b4ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b4ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b4b4ff (#b4b4ff) is rgb(180, 180, 255) in RGB.

No, #b4b4ff 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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