#b6b4d5

Color #b6b4d5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b4d5

RGB

rgb(182, 180, 213)

HSL

hsl(243.6, 28.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.6, 15.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(74.44, 7.29, -16.34)

LCH

lch(74.44, 17.89, 294.04)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.0466, 288.01)

HWB

hwb(243.6, 70.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3d5b4

Analogous

#b4c3d5

#b6b4d5

#c7b4d5

Triadic

#b6b4d5

#d5b6b4

#b4d5b6

Split-complementary

#b6b4d5

#d5c7b4

#c3d5b4

Tetradic

#b6b4d5

#d5b4d3

#d3d5b4

#b4d5b6

Square

#b6b4d5

#d5b4c3

#d3d5b4

#b4d5c7

Shades

Color #b6b4d5 mixed toward black.

#8d8abe

#6460a6

#4a477e

#312f54

#19182a

Tints

Color #b6b4d5 mixed toward white.

#c2c1dc

#cecde3

#dbdaea

#e7e6f1

#f3f3f8

Tones

Color #b6b4d5 mixed toward gray.

#b9b7d2

#bbbad0

#bdbccd

#c0bfca

#c2c2c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5ce · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#b5b5cc · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#b6c8c6 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b4d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b4d5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b6b4d5 (#b6b4d5) is rgb(182, 180, 213) in RGB.

No, #b6b4d5 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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