#b4b7cb

Color #b4b7cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b7cb

RGB

rgb(180, 183, 203)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 18.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 11.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(74.75, 2.91, -10.44)

LCH

lch(74.75, 10.84, 285.58)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0284, 278.9)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 70.6%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbc8b4

Analogous

#b4c2cb

#b4b7cb

#bdb4cb

Triadic

#b4b7cb

#cbb4b7

#b7cbb4

Split-complementary

#b4b7cb

#cbbdb4

#c2cbb4

Tetradic

#b4b7cb

#c8b4cb

#cbc8b4

#b7cbb4

Square

#b4b7cb

#cbb4c2

#cbc8b4

#b4cbbd

Shades

Color #b4b7cb mixed toward black.

#8e93b1

#696f97

#4e5371

#34374b

#1a1c26

Tints

Color #b4b7cb mixed toward white.

#c1c3d4

#cdcfdc

#dadbe5

#e6e7ee

#f3f3f6

Tones

Color #b4b7cb mixed toward gray.

#b6b8c9

#b8bac7

#babbc5

#bcbdc3

#bebec1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5c6 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#b5b5c5 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#b4c3c2 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b7cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b7cb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b4b7cb (#b4b7cb) is rgb(180, 183, 203) in RGB.

No, #b4b7cb 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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