#b4bad3

Color #b4bad3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b4bad3

RGB

rgb(180, 186, 211)

HSL

hsl(228.4, 26.1%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.4, 14.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(75.78, 2.96, -13.25)

LCH

lch(75.78, 13.58, 282.59)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.036, 274.78)

HWB

hwb(228.4, 70.6%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3cdb4

Analogous

#b4cad3

#b4bad3

#beb4d3

Triadic

#b4bad3

#d3b4ba

#bad3b4

Split-complementary

#b4bad3

#d3beb4

#cad3b4

Tetradic

#b4bad3

#cdb4d3

#d3cdb4

#bad3b4

Square

#b4bad3

#d3b4ca

#d3cdb4

#b4d3be

Shades

Color #b4bad3 mixed toward black.

#8b94bb

#626ea3

#48527b

#303752

#181b29

Tints

Color #b4bad3 mixed toward white.

#c1c6da

#cdd1e2

#dadde9

#e6e8f0

#f3f4f8

Tones

Color #b4bad3 mixed toward gray.

#b7bcd1

#b9bdce

#bcbfcb

#bec0c9

#c1c2c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7cd · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b6b6cc · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#b4c9c8 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4bad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4bad3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b4bad3 (#b4bad3) is rgb(180, 186, 211) in RGB.

No, #b4bad3 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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