#b5caed

Color #b5caed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5caed

RGB

rgb(181, 202, 237)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 60.9%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 23.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(80.84, 0.41, -19.63)

LCH

lch(80.84, 19.63, 271.2)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.0543, 260.68)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 71%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd8b5

Analogous

#b5e6ed

#b5caed

#bcb5ed

Triadic

#b5caed

#edb5ca

#caedb5

Split-complementary

#b5caed

#edbcb5

#e6edb5

Tetradic

#b5caed

#d8b5ed

#edd8b5

#caedb5

Square

#b5caed

#edb5e6

#edd8b5

#b5edbc

Shades

Color #b5caed mixed toward black.

#7da2df

#457ad2

#2959a8

#1b3b70

#0e1e38

Tints

Color #b5caed mixed toward white.

#c1d3f0

#cedcf3

#dae5f6

#e6edf9

#f3f6fc

Tones

Color #b5caed mixed toward gray.

#bacbe8

#becce4

#c3cedf

#c8cfda

#ccd0d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebfe5 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#bdbce3 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#b6dfdd · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5caed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5caed]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5caed (#b5caed) is rgb(181, 202, 237) in RGB.

No, #b5caed 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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