#b5b8c3

Color #b5b8c3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b8c3

RGB

rgb(181, 184, 195)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 10.4%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 7.2%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(74.85, 1.08, -5.92)

LCH

lch(74.85, 6.02, 280.34)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0158, 273.98)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 71%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3c0b5

Analogous

#b5bfc3

#b5b8c3

#b9b5c3

Triadic

#b5b8c3

#c3b5b8

#b8c3b5

Split-complementary

#b5b8c3

#c3b9b5

#bfc3b5

Tetradic

#b5b8c3

#c0b5c3

#c3c0b5

#b8c3b5

Square

#b5b8c3

#c3b5bf

#c3c0b5

#b5c3b9

Shades

Color #b5b8c3 mixed toward black.

#9297a7

#70768a

#545868

#383b45

#1c1d23

Tints

Color #b5b8c3 mixed toward white.

#c1c4cd

#ced0d7

#dadbe1

#e6e7eb

#f3f3f5

Tones

Color #b5b8c3 mixed toward gray.

#b6b9c2

#b7b9c1

#b8babf

#babbbe

#bbbbbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6c0 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b6c0 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#b5bebe · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 5.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b8c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b8c3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b5b8c3 (#b5b8c3) is rgb(181, 184, 195) in RGB.

No, #b5b8c3 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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