#b7b4ce

Color #b7b4ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b4ce

RGB

rgb(183, 180, 206)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 21%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 12.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(74.3, 6.15, -12.73)

LCH

lch(74.3, 14.14, 295.79)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0367, 290.9)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 70.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbceb4

Analogous

#b4bece

#b7b4ce

#c4b4ce

Triadic

#b7b4ce

#ceb7b4

#b4ceb7

Split-complementary

#b7b4ce

#cec4b4

#beceb4

Tetradic

#b7b4ce

#ceb4cb

#cbceb4

#b4ceb7

Square

#b7b4ce

#ceb4be

#cbceb4

#b4cec4

Shades

Color #b7b4ce mixed toward black.

#928db5

#6c669b

#514c75

#36334e

#1b1927

Tints

Color #b7b4ce mixed toward white.

#c3c1d6

#cfcdde

#dbdae7

#e7e6ef

#f3f3f7

Tones

Color #b7b4ce mixed toward gray.

#b9b6cc

#bab8ca

#bcbbc8

#bebdc5

#bfbfc3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6c8 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#b6b6c7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b7c3c2 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b4ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b4ce]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b7b4ce (#b7b4ce) is rgb(183, 180, 206) in RGB.

No, #b7b4ce 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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