#b8c0e6

Color #b8c0e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c0e6

RGB

rgb(184, 192, 230)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 47.9%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 20%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(78.23, 5.12, -19.8)

LCH

lch(78.23, 20.45, 284.5)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0543, 275.82)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 72.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6deb8

Analogous

#b8d7e6

#b8c0e6

#c7b8e6

Triadic

#b8c0e6

#e6b8c0

#c0e6b8

Split-complementary

#b8c0e6

#e6c7b8

#d7e6b8

Tetradic

#b8c0e6

#deb8e6

#e6deb8

#c0e6b8

Square

#b8c0e6

#e6b8d7

#e6deb8

#b8e6c7

Shades

Color #b8c0e6 mixed toward black.

#8593d4

#5265c2

#364799

#242f66

#121833

Tints

Color #b8c0e6 mixed toward white.

#c4cbea

#d0d5ee

#dce0f3

#e7eaf7

#f3f5fb

Tones

Color #b8c0e6 mixed toward gray.

#bcc3e2

#c0c5de

#c4c8db

#c7cad7

#cbcdd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcde · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#bbbadc · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#b8d7d5 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 14.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c0e6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8c0e6 (#b8c0e6) is rgb(184, 192, 230) in RGB.

No, #b8c0e6 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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