#b6b5c2

Color #b6b5c2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b5c2

RGB

rgb(182, 181, 194)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 9.6%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 6.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(74.12, 2.84, -6.45)

LCH

lch(74.12, 7.05, 293.76)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0183, 289.42)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 71%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1c2b5

Analogous

#b5bac2

#b6b5c2

#bcb5c2

Triadic

#b6b5c2

#c2b6b5

#b5c2b6

Split-complementary

#b6b5c2

#c2bcb5

#bac2b5

Tetradic

#b6b5c2

#c2b5c1

#c1c2b5

#b5c2b6

Square

#b6b5c2

#c2b5ba

#c1c2b5

#b5c2bc

Shades

Color #b6b5c2 mixed toward black.

#9493a6

#737189

#565567

#393844

#1d1c22

Tints

Color #b6b5c2 mixed toward white.

#c2c1cc

#ceced6

#dadae0

#e7e6eb

#f3f3f5

Tones

Color #b6b5c2 mixed toward gray.

#b7b6c1

#b8b7c0

#b9b8bf

#bab9be

#bbbabd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6bf · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#b6b6be · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#b6bdbc · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b5c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b5c2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6b5c2 (#b6b5c2) is rgb(182, 181, 194) in RGB.

No, #b6b5c2 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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