#b7b6e1

Color #b7b6e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.46 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b6e1

RGB

rgb(183, 182, 225)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 41.7%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 19.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(75.43, 9.13, -21.36)

LCH

lch(75.43, 23.23, 293.14)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0606, 285.98)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 71.4%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e1b6

Analogous

#b6cae1

#b7b6e1

#ccb6e1

Triadic

#b7b6e1

#e1b7b6

#b6e1b7

Split-complementary

#b7b6e1

#e1ccb6

#cae1b6

Tetradic

#b7b6e1

#e1b6e0

#e0e1b6

#b6e1b7

Square

#b7b6e1

#e1b6ca

#e0e1b6

#b6e1cc

Shades

Color #b7b6e1 mixed toward black.

#8886cd

#5856b9

#3d3b90

#292860

#141430

Tints

Color #b7b6e1 mixed toward white.

#c3c2e6

#cfceeb

#dbdbf0

#e7e7f5

#f3f3fa

Tones

Color #b7b6e1 mixed toward gray.

#babadd

#bebdda

#c1c1d6

#c5c4d3

#c8c8cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7d8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#b7b7d5 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b7d0ce · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b6e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b6e1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b7b6e1 (#b7b6e1) is rgb(183, 182, 225) in RGB.

No, #b7b6e1 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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