#b6b1e5

Color #b6b1e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.19 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b1e5

RGB

rgb(182, 177, 229)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 50%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 22.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(74.22, 12.46, -25.37)

LCH

lch(74.22, 28.26, 296.16)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.0735, 288.98)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 69.4%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e5b1

Analogous

#b1c6e5

#b6b1e5

#d0b1e5

Triadic

#b6b1e5

#e5b6b1

#b1e5b6

Split-complementary

#b6b1e5

#e5d0b1

#c6e5b1

Tetradic

#b6b1e5

#e5b1e0

#e0e5b1

#b1e5b6

Square

#b6b1e5

#e5b1c6

#e0e5b1

#b1e5d0

Shades

Color #b6b1e5 mixed toward black.

#877ed4

#574bc3

#3d3398

#282265

#141133

Tints

Color #b6b1e5 mixed toward white.

#c2bee9

#cecbee

#dad8f2

#e7e5f6

#f3f2fb

Tones

Color #b6b1e5 mixed toward gray.

#b9b5e1

#bdbadc

#c0bed8

#c4c2d4

#c7c7cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4da · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b5d7 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#b6d1ce · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b1e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b1e5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6b1e5 (#b6b1e5) is rgb(182, 177, 229) in RGB.

No, #b6b1e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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