#b4bad5

Color #b4bad5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b4bad5

RGB

rgb(180, 186, 213)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 28.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 15.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(75.84, 3.39, -14.25)

LCH

lch(75.84, 14.65, 283.38)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0388, 275.62)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 70.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5cfb4

Analogous

#b4cbd5

#b4bad5

#bfb4d5

Triadic

#b4bad5

#d5b4ba

#bad5b4

Split-complementary

#b4bad5

#d5bfb4

#cbd5b4

Tetradic

#b4bad5

#cfb4d5

#d5cfb4

#bad5b4

Square

#b4bad5

#d5b4cb

#d5cfb4

#b4d5bf

Shades

Color #b4bad5 mixed toward black.

#8a93be

#606da6

#47517e

#2f3654

#181b2a

Tints

Color #b4bad5 mixed toward white.

#c1c6dc

#cdd1e3

#daddea

#e6e8f1

#f3f4f8

Tones

Color #b4bad5 mixed toward gray.

#b7bcd2

#babed0

#bcbfcd

#bfc1ca

#c2c3c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7cf · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b6b6cd · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#b4cac9 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4bad5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4bad5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b4bad5 (#b4bad5) is rgb(180, 186, 213) in RGB.

No, #b4bad5 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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