#b8b3e0

Color #b8b3e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b3e0

RGB

rgb(184, 179, 224)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 42.1%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 20.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(74.71, 10.87, -21.9)

LCH

lch(74.71, 24.45, 296.4)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0636, 289.94)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 70.2%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe0b3

Analogous

#b3c4e0

#b8b3e0

#ceb3e0

Triadic

#b8b3e0

#e0b8b3

#b3e0b8

Split-complementary

#b8b3e0

#e0ceb3

#c4e0b3

Tetradic

#b8b3e0

#e0b3db

#dbe0b3

#b3e0b8

Square

#b8b3e0

#e0b3c4

#dbe0b3

#b3e0ce

Shades

Color #b8b3e0 mixed toward black.

#8b83cd

#5f53b9

#443a8f

#2d275f

#171330

Tints

Color #b8b3e0 mixed toward white.

#c4c0e5

#d0ccea

#dbd9ef

#e7e6f5

#f3f2fa

Tones

Color #b8b3e0 mixed toward gray.

#bbb7dc

#bebad8

#c1bed5

#c4c2d1

#c7c6cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6d6 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b6b7d4 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#b8cecc · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 16.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b3e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b3e0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8b3e0 (#b8b3e0) is rgb(184, 179, 224) in RGB.

No, #b8b3e0 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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