#b5c7e3

Color #b5c7e3

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 1.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c7e3

RGB

rgb(181, 199, 227)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 45.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 20.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(79.74, -0.23, -15.93)

LCH

lch(79.74, 15.93, 269.17)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0441, 259.15)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 71%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3d1b5

Analogous

#b5dee3

#b5c7e3

#bab5e3

Triadic

#b5c7e3

#e3b5c7

#c7e3b5

Split-complementary

#b5c7e3

#e3bab5

#dee3b5

Tetradic

#b5c7e3

#d1b5e3

#e3d1b5

#c7e3b5

Square

#b5c7e3

#e3b5de

#e3d1b5

#b5e3ba

Shades

Color #b5c7e3 mixed toward black.

#84a2d0

#527cbe

#385c94

#253d63

#131f31

Tints

Color #b5c7e3 mixed toward white.

#c1d0e8

#cedaec

#dae3f1

#e6ecf6

#f3f6fa

Tones

Color #b5c7e3 mixed toward gray.

#b9c8df

#bdc9db

#c0cad8

#c4cad4

#c8cbd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbddd · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#bcbbdb · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#b6d7d6 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 11.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c7e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c7e3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#b5c7e3 (#b5c7e3) is rgb(181, 199, 227) in RGB.

No, #b5c7e3 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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