#b4cce8

Color #b4cce8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b4cce8

RGB

rgb(180, 204, 232)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 53.1%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 22.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(81.13, -2.08, -16.51)

LCH

lch(81.13, 16.64, 262.82)

OKLCH

oklch(83.6%, 0.0472, 252.37)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 70.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8d0b4

Analogous

#b4e6e8

#b4cce8

#b6b4e8

Triadic

#b4cce8

#e8b4cc

#cce8b4

Split-complementary

#b4cce8

#e8b6b4

#e6e8b4

Tetradic

#b4cce8

#d0b4e8

#e8d0b4

#cce8b4

Square

#b4cce8

#e8b4e6

#e8d0b4

#b4e8b6

Shades

Color #b4cce8 mixed toward black.

#7fa8d8

#4b85c8

#30639e

#204269

#102135

Tints

Color #b4cce8 mixed toward white.

#c1d5ec

#cdddf0

#dae6f4

#e6eef7

#f3f7fb

Tones

Color #b4cce8 mixed toward gray.

#b8cce4

#bdcddf

#c1cddb

#c5cdd7

#caced2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfe2 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbce0 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#b5dcdb · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4cce8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4cce8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#b4cce8 (#b4cce8) is rgb(180, 204, 232) in RGB.

No, #b4cce8 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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