#b6c9f7

Color #b6c9f7

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.98 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6c9f7

RGB

rgb(182, 201, 247)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 80.2%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 26.3%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(80.98, 3.54, -24.74)

LCH

lch(80.98, 24.99, 278.14)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.068, 267.39)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 71.4%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f7e4b6

Analogous

#b6e9f7

#b6c9f7

#c3b6f7

Triadic

#b6c9f7

#f7b6c9

#c9f7b6

Split-complementary

#b6c9f7

#f7c3b6

#e9f7b6

Tetradic

#b6c9f7

#e4b6f7

#f7e4b6

#c9f7b6

Square

#b6c9f7

#f7b6e9

#f7e4b6

#b6f7c3

Shades

Color #b6c9f7 mixed toward black.

#7699f0

#356ae9

#1547c1

#0e3081

#071840

Tints

Color #b6c9f7 mixed toward white.

#c2d2f8

#cedbfa

#dae4fb

#e7edfc

#f3f6fe

Tones

Color #b6c9f7 mixed toward gray.

#bbcbf2

#c1cdec

#c6d0e7

#ccd2e1

#d1d4dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfed · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#bdbcea · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#b7e5e3 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6c9f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6c9f7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6c9f7 (#b6c9f7) is rgb(182, 201, 247) in RGB.

No, #b6c9f7 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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