#b5b6c4

Color #b5b6c4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b6c4

RGB

rgb(181, 182, 196)

HSL

hsl(236, 11.3%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 7.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(74.36, 2.36, -7.19)

LCH

lch(74.36, 7.57, 288.17)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0198, 282.56)

HWB

hwb(236, 71%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c3b5

Analogous

#b5bdc4

#b5b6c4

#bbb5c4

Triadic

#b5b6c4

#c4b5b6

#b6c4b5

Split-complementary

#b5b6c4

#c4bbb5

#bdc4b5

Tetradic

#b5b6c4

#c3b5c4

#c4c3b5

#b6c4b5

Square

#b5b6c4

#c4b5bd

#c4c3b5

#b5c4bb

Shades

Color #b5b6c4 mixed toward black.

#9293a8

#6f718c

#545569

#383946

#1c1c23

Tints

Color #b5b6c4 mixed toward white.

#c1c2ce

#ceced8

#dadae1

#e6e7eb

#f3f3f5

Tones

Color #b5b6c4 mixed toward gray.

#b6b7c3

#b7b8c1

#b9b9c0

#bababf

#bbbbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5c1 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#b5b5c0 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#b5bebe · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b6c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b6c4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b5b6c4 (#b5b6c4) is rgb(181, 182, 196) in RGB.

No, #b5b6c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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