#b5c7e4

Color #b5c7e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 2.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c7e4

RGB

rgb(181, 199, 228)

HSL

hsl(217, 46.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 20.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(79.77, -0.01, -16.42)

LCH

lch(79.77, 16.42, 269.97)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0454, 259.98)

HWB

hwb(217, 71%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4d2b5

Analogous

#b5dfe4

#b5c7e4

#bbb5e4

Triadic

#b5c7e4

#e4b5c7

#c7e4b5

Split-complementary

#b5c7e4

#e4bbb5

#dfe4b5

Tetradic

#b5c7e4

#d2b5e4

#e4d2b5

#c7e4b5

Square

#b5c7e4

#e4b5df

#e4d2b5

#b5e4bb

Shades

Color #b5c7e4 mixed toward black.

#83a1d2

#517bc0

#375b96

#243d64

#121e32

Tints

Color #b5c7e4 mixed toward white.

#c1d0e8

#cedaed

#dae3f1

#e6ecf6

#f3f6fa

Tones

Color #b5c7e4 mixed toward gray.

#b9c8e0

#bdc9dc

#c1cad8

#c5cbd4

#c9ccd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbddd · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#bcbbdc · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#b6d8d7 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c7e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c7e4]

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

#b5c7e4 (#b5c7e4) is rgb(181, 199, 228) in RGB.

No, #b5c7e4 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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