#b8b1e9

Color #b8b1e9

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b1e9

RGB

rgb(184, 177, 233)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 56%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 24%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 24%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(74.52, 13.98, -27.07)

LCH

lch(74.52, 30.47, 297.31)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0792, 290.17)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 69.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e9b1

Analogous

#b1c6e9

#b8b1e9

#d4b1e9

Triadic

#b8b1e9

#e9b8b1

#b1e9b8

Split-complementary

#b8b1e9

#e9d4b1

#c6e9b1

Tetradic

#b8b1e9

#e9b1e2

#e2e9b1

#b1e9b8

Square

#b8b1e9

#e9b1c6

#e2e9b1

#b1e9d4

Shades

Color #b8b1e9 mixed toward black.

#887cda

#5746cb

#3b2da0

#281e6b

#140f35

Tints

Color #b8b1e9 mixed toward white.

#c4beed

#d0cbf0

#dcd8f4

#e7e5f8

#f3f2fb

Tones

Color #b8b1e9 mixed toward gray.

#bcb6e4

#bfbae0

#c3bfdb

#c6c4d6

#cac8d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5dd · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b5b6da · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b8d3d1 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b1e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b1e9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8b1e9 (#b8b1e9) is rgb(184, 177, 233) in RGB.

No, #b8b1e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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