#b5b3c8

Color #b5b3c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b3c8

RGB

rgb(181, 179, 200)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 16%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 10.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(73.7, 4.8, -10.36)

LCH

lch(73.7, 11.42, 294.86)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0297, 290.08)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 70.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c8b3

Analogous

#b3bbc8

#b5b3c8

#bfb3c8

Triadic

#b5b3c8

#c8b5b3

#b3c8b5

Split-complementary

#b5b3c8

#c8bfb3

#bbc8b3

Tetradic

#b5b3c8

#c8b3c6

#c6c8b3

#b3c8b5

Square

#b5b3c8

#c8b3bb

#c6c8b3

#b3c8bf

Shades

Color #b5b3c8 mixed toward black.

#918ead

#6e6a93

#52506e

#373549

#1b1b25

Tints

Color #b5b3c8 mixed toward white.

#c1c0d1

#ceccda

#dad9e3

#e6e6ed

#f3f2f6

Tones

Color #b5b3c8 mixed toward gray.

#b6b5c6

#b8b6c4

#b9b8c3

#bbbac1

#bcbcbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c3 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b4b4c2 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#b5bfbe · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b3c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b3c8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5b3c8 (#b5b3c8) is rgb(181, 179, 200) in RGB.

No, #b5b3c8 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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