#b5c3e4

Color #b5c3e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.41 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c3e4

RGB

rgb(181, 195, 228)

HSL

hsl(222.1, 46.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.1, 20.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(78.73, 2.13, -17.99)

LCH

lch(78.73, 18.12, 276.75)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0491, 267.08)

HWB

hwb(222.1, 71%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4d6b5

Analogous

#b5dbe4

#b5c3e4

#bfb5e4

Triadic

#b5c3e4

#e4b5c3

#c3e4b5

Split-complementary

#b5c3e4

#e4bfb5

#dbe4b5

Tetradic

#b5c3e4

#d6b5e4

#e4d6b5

#c3e4b5

Square

#b5c3e4

#e4b5db

#e4d6b5

#b5e4bf

Shades

Color #b5c3e4 mixed toward black.

#839bd2

#5172c0

#375396

#243764

#121c32

Tints

Color #b5c3e4 mixed toward white.

#c1cde8

#ced7ed

#dae1f1

#e6ebf6

#f3f5fa

Tones

Color #b5c3e4 mixed toward gray.

#b9c5e0

#bdc6dc

#c1c8d8

#c5c9d4

#c9cbd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbdd · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#bab9db · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b6d7d5 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c3e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c3e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5c3e4 (#b5c3e4) is rgb(181, 195, 228) in RGB.

No, #b5c3e4 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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