#b5c8e6

Color #b5c8e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 2.71 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c8e6

RGB

rgb(181, 200, 230)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 49.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 21.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(80.09, -0.1, -17.01)

LCH

lch(80.09, 17.01, 269.66)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0471, 259.48)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 71%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6d3b5

Analogous

#b5e1e6

#b5c8e6

#bbb5e6

Triadic

#b5c8e6

#e6b5c8

#c8e6b5

Split-complementary

#b5c8e6

#e6bbb5

#e1e6b5

Tetradic

#b5c8e6

#d3b5e6

#e6d3b5

#c8e6b5

Square

#b5c8e6

#e6b5e1

#e6d3b5

#b5e6bb

Shades

Color #b5c8e6 mixed toward black.

#82a2d5

#4f7cc3

#345b9a

#233d66

#111e33

Tints

Color #b5c8e6 mixed toward white.

#c1d1ea

#cedaee

#dae4f3

#e6edf7

#f3f6fb

Tones

Color #b5c8e6 mixed toward gray.

#b9c9e2

#bdcade

#c1cbda

#c5ccd6

#c9cdd2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebedf · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#bcbbde · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#b6dad8 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 12.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c8e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c8e6]

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

#b5c8e6 (#b5c8e6) is rgb(181, 200, 230) in RGB.

No, #b5c8e6 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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