#b7b3df

Color #b7b3df

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b3df

RGB

rgb(183, 179, 223)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 40.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 19.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(74.59, 10.33, -21.54)

LCH

lch(74.59, 23.89, 295.62)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0622, 289.05)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 70.2%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbdfb3

Analogous

#b3c5df

#b7b3df

#cdb3df

Triadic

#b7b3df

#dfb7b3

#b3dfb7

Split-complementary

#b7b3df

#dfcdb3

#c5dfb3

Tetradic

#b7b3df

#dfb3db

#dbdfb3

#b3dfb7

Square

#b7b3df

#dfb3c5

#dbdfb3

#b3dfcd

Shades

Color #b7b3df mixed toward black.

#8a84cb

#5e55b7

#433c8d

#2d285e

#16142f

Tints

Color #b7b3df mixed toward white.

#c3c0e4

#cfccea

#dbd9ef

#e7e6f4

#f3f2fa

Tones

Color #b7b3df mixed toward gray.

#bab7db

#bdbad8

#c0bed4

#c3c2d0

#c6c5cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5d5 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b6b6d3 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#b7cdcc · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 16.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b3df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b3df]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b7b3df (#b7b3df) is rgb(183, 179, 223) in RGB.

No, #b7b3df 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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