#b8bbc8

Color #b8bbc8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.26 Nearest Tailwind class gray-300 #d1d5dc · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8bbc8

RGB

rgb(184, 187, 200)

HSL

hsl(228.8, 12.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.8, 8%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(76.01, 1.48, -6.9)

LCH

lch(76.01, 7.06, 282.11)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0186, 275.56)

HWB

hwb(228.8, 72.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c5b8

Analogous

#b8c3c8

#b8bbc8

#bdb8c8

Triadic

#b8bbc8

#c8b8bb

#bbc8b8

Split-complementary

#b8bbc8

#c8bdb8

#c3c8b8

Tetradic

#b8bbc8

#c5b8c8

#c8c5b8

#bbc8b8

Square

#b8bbc8

#c8b8c3

#c8c5b8

#b8c8bd

Shades

Color #b8bbc8 mixed toward black.

#9498ac

#707690

#54586c

#383b48

#1c1d24

Tints

Color #b8bbc8 mixed toward white.

#c4c6d1

#d0d2da

#dcdde4

#e7e8ed

#f3f4f6

Tones

Color #b8bbc8 mixed toward gray.

#b9bcc7

#bbbdc5

#bcbec4

#bdbec3

#bfbfc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c5 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#b9b9c4 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#b8c3c2 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8bbc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8bbc8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b8bbc8 (#b8bbc8) is rgb(184, 187, 200) in RGB.

No, #b8bbc8 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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