#b4b5ea

Color #b4b5ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.84 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b5ea

RGB

rgb(180, 181, 234)

HSL

hsl(238.9, 56.2%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.9, 23.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(75.26, 10.79, -26.51)

LCH

lch(75.26, 28.62, 292.15)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0749, 283.67)

HWB

hwb(238.9, 70.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae9b4

Analogous

#b4d0ea

#b4b5ea

#ceb4ea

Triadic

#b4b5ea

#eab4b5

#b5eab4

Split-complementary

#b4b5ea

#eaceb4

#d0eab4

Tetradic

#b4b5ea

#e9b4ea

#eae9b4

#b5eab4

Square

#b4b5ea

#eab4d0

#eae9b4

#b4eace

Shades

Color #b4b5ea mixed toward black.

#7e80db

#484bcc

#2d2fa2

#1e206c

#0f1036

Tints

Color #b4b5ea mixed toward white.

#c1c1ee

#cdcef1

#dadaf5

#e6e6f8

#f3f3fc

Tones

Color #b4b5ea mixed toward gray.

#b9b9e6

#bdbee1

#c2c2dd

#c6c6d8

#cbcbd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4df · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b4dc · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#b4d5d3 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b5ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b4b5ea (#b4b5ea) is rgb(180, 181, 234) in RGB.

No, #b4b5ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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