#b8bbcd

Color #b8bbcd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b8bbcd

RGB

rgb(184, 187, 205)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 17.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 10.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(76.15, 2.48, -9.4)

LCH

lch(76.15, 9.72, 284.78)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0256, 278.32)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 72.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcab8

Analogous

#b8c6cd

#b8bbcd

#c0b8cd

Triadic

#b8bbcd

#cdb8bb

#bbcdb8

Split-complementary

#b8bbcd

#cdc0b8

#c6cdb8

Tetradic

#b8bbcd

#cab8cd

#cdcab8

#bbcdb8

Square

#b8bbcd

#cdb8c6

#cdcab8

#b8cdc0

Shades

Color #b8bbcd mixed toward black.

#9297b2

#6c7298

#505572

#36394c

#1b1c26

Tints

Color #b8bbcd mixed toward white.

#c4c6d5

#d0d2de

#dcdde6

#e7e8ee

#f3f4f7

Tones

Color #b8bbcd mixed toward gray.

#babccb

#bcbeca

#bdbfc8

#bfc0c6

#c1c1c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c9 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#b9b9c8 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#b8c5c5 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8bbcd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8bbcd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8bbcd (#b8bbcd) is rgb(184, 187, 205) in RGB.

No, #b8bbcd 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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