#b6b1ec

Color #b6b1ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b1ec

RGB

rgb(182, 177, 236)

HSL

hsl(245.1, 60.8%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.1, 25%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 25%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(74.47, 14.06, -28.78)

LCH

lch(74.47, 32.03, 296.04)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0834, 288.17)

HWB

hwb(245.1, 69.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ecb1

Analogous

#b1caec

#b6b1ec

#d4b1ec

Triadic

#b6b1ec

#ecb6b1

#b1ecb6

Split-complementary

#b6b1ec

#ecd4b1

#caecb1

Tetradic

#b6b1ec

#ecb1e7

#e7ecb1

#b1ecb6

Square

#b6b1ec

#ecb1ca

#e7ecb1

#b1ecd4

Shades

Color #b6b1ec mixed toward black.

#827adf

#4f42d1

#3328a6

#221b6f

#110d37

Tints

Color #b6b1ec mixed toward white.

#c2beef

#cecbf2

#dbd8f6

#e7e5f9

#f3f2fc

Tones

Color #b6b1ec mixed toward gray.

#bab6e7

#bebbe2

#c2c0dd

#c6c5d8

#cacad3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4e0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#b4b5dc · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#b6d5d3 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 19.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b1ec]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6b1ec (#b6b1ec) is rgb(182, 177, 236) in RGB.

No, #b6b1ec 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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