#b5c8f6

Color #b5c8f6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5c8f6

RGB

rgb(181, 200, 246)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 78.3%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 26.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(80.62, 3.55, -24.76)

LCH

lch(80.62, 25.01, 278.16)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0681, 267.39)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 71%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6e3b5

Analogous

#b5e8f6

#b5c8f6

#c2b5f6

Triadic

#b5c8f6

#f6b5c8

#c8f6b5

Split-complementary

#b5c8f6

#f6c2b5

#e8f6b5

Tetradic

#b5c8f6

#e3b5f6

#f6e3b5

#c8f6b5

Square

#b5c8f6

#f6b5e8

#f6e3b5

#b5f6c2

Shades

Color #b5c8f6 mixed toward black.

#7599ee

#366ae7

#1748be

#0f307f

#08183f

Tints

Color #b5c8f6 mixed toward white.

#c1d1f7

#cedaf9

#dae3fa

#e6edfc

#f3f6fd

Tones

Color #b5c8f6 mixed toward gray.

#bacaf1

#c0cceb

#c5cfe6

#cbd1e0

#d0d3db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebeec · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#bcbbe9 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#b6e4e2 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5c8f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5c8f6]

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

#b5c8f6 (#b5c8f6) is rgb(181, 200, 246) in RGB.

No, #b5c8f6 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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