#b4c9f0

Color #b4c9f0

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b4c9f0

RGB

rgb(180, 201, 240)

HSL

hsl(219, 66.7%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 25%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(80.61, 1.33, -21.58)

LCH

lch(80.61, 21.62, 273.53)

OKLCH

oklch(83.3%, 0.0596, 262.77)

HWB

hwb(219, 70.6%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0dbb4

Analogous

#b4e7f0

#b4c9f0

#bdb4f0

Triadic

#b4c9f0

#f0b4c9

#c9f0b4

Split-complementary

#b4c9f0

#f0bdb4

#e7f0b4

Tetradic

#b4c9f0

#dbb4f0

#f0dbb4

#c9f0b4

Square

#b4c9f0

#f0b4e7

#f0dbb4

#b4f0bd

Shades

Color #b4c9f0 mixed toward black.

#7a9fe4

#3f75d9

#2354af

#173875

#0c1c3a

Tints

Color #b4c9f0 mixed toward white.

#c1d2f3

#cddbf5

#dae4f8

#e6edfa

#f3f6fd

Tones

Color #b4c9f0 mixed toward gray.

#b9cbeb

#becce6

#c3cee1

#c8cfdc

#cdd1d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbee7 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#bcbbe5 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#b5e0df · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4c9f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4c9f0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b4c9f0 (#b4c9f0) is rgb(180, 201, 240) in RGB.

No, #b4c9f0 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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