#b5c2eb

Color #b5c2eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c2eb

RGB

rgb(181, 194, 235)

HSL

hsl(225.6, 57.4%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.6, 23%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(78.7, 4.24, -21.8)

LCH

lch(78.7, 22.21, 281.01)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.0596, 271.25)

HWB

hwb(225.6, 71%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebdeb5

Analogous

#b5ddeb

#b5c2eb

#c3b5eb

Triadic

#b5c2eb

#ebb5c2

#c2ebb5

Split-complementary

#b5c2eb

#ebc3b5

#ddebb5

Tetradic

#b5c2eb

#deb5eb

#ebdeb5

#c2ebb5

Square

#b5c2eb

#ebb5dd

#ebdeb5

#b5ebc3

Shades

Color #b5c2eb mixed toward black.

#7f95dc

#4868cd

#2c49a4

#1e316d

#0f1837

Tints

Color #b5c2eb mixed toward white.

#c1ccee

#ced6f2

#dae1f5

#e6ebf8

#f3f5fc

Tones

Color #b5c2eb mixed toward gray.

#bac4e7

#bec7e2

#c3c9de

#c7cbd9

#ccced5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbe2 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#bab9e0 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#b6dad9 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c2eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c2eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5c2eb (#b5c2eb) is rgb(181, 194, 235) in RGB.

No, #b5c2eb 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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