#b8b3df

Color #b8b3df

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.57 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b3df

RGB

rgb(184, 179, 223)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 40.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 19.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(74.67, 10.65, -21.41)

LCH

lch(74.67, 23.91, 296.45)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0622, 290.12)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 70.2%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dadfb3

Analogous

#b3c4df

#b8b3df

#ceb3df

Triadic

#b8b3df

#dfb8b3

#b3dfb8

Split-complementary

#b8b3df

#dfceb3

#c4dfb3

Tetradic

#b8b3df

#dfb3da

#dadfb3

#b3dfb8

Square

#b8b3df

#dfb3c4

#dadfb3

#b3dfce

Shades

Color #b8b3df mixed toward black.

#8c84cb

#6055b7

#453c8d

#2e285e

#17142f

Tints

Color #b8b3df mixed toward white.

#c4c0e4

#d0ccea

#dbd9ef

#e7e6f4

#f3f2fa

Tones

Color #b8b3df mixed toward gray.

#bbb7db

#bebad8

#c0bed4

#c3c2d0

#c6c5cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6d5 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b6b7d3 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b8cdcc · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b3df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b3df]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8b3df (#b8b3df) is rgb(184, 179, 223) in RGB.

No, #b8b3df 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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