#b5cfed

Color #b5cfed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5cfed

RGB

rgb(181, 207, 237)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 60.9%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 23.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(82.14, -2.25, -17.65)

LCH

lch(82.14, 17.79, 262.74)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.0505, 252.14)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 71%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd3b5

Analogous

#b5ebed

#b5cfed

#b7b5ed

Triadic

#b5cfed

#edb5cf

#cfedb5

Split-complementary

#b5cfed

#edb7b5

#ebedb5

Tetradic

#b5cfed

#d3b5ed

#edd3b5

#cfedb5

Square

#b5cfed

#edb5eb

#edd3b5

#b5edb7

Shades

Color #b5cfed mixed toward black.

#7dabdf

#4586d2

#2964a8

#1b4370

#0e2138

Tints

Color #b5cfed mixed toward white.

#c1d7f0

#cedff3

#dae7f6

#e6eff9

#f3f7fc

Tones

Color #b5cfed mixed toward gray.

#bacfe8

#bed0e4

#c3d0df

#c8d0da

#ccd1d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e6 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#bfbde5 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#b6e1df · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5cfed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5cfed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#b5cfed (#b5cfed) is rgb(181, 207, 237) in RGB.

No, #b5cfed 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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