#b8c5f1

Color #b8c5f1

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.2 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c5f1

RGB

rgb(184, 197, 241)

HSL

hsl(226.3, 67.1%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.3, 23.7%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(79.88, 4.9, -23.2)

LCH

lch(79.88, 23.71, 281.93)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0635, 272.07)

HWB

hwb(226.3, 72.2%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1e4b8

Analogous

#b8e1f1

#b8c5f1

#c7b8f1

Triadic

#b8c5f1

#f1b8c5

#c5f1b8

Split-complementary

#b8c5f1

#f1c7b8

#e1f1b8

Tetradic

#b8c5f1

#e4b8f1

#f1e4b8

#c5f1b8

Square

#b8c5f1

#f1b8e1

#f1e4b8

#b8f1c7

Shades

Color #b8c5f1 mixed toward black.

#7d95e5

#4264da

#2343b1

#172d76

#0c163b

Tints

Color #b8c5f1 mixed toward white.

#c4cff3

#d0d8f6

#dbe2f8

#e7ecfa

#f3f5fd

Tones

Color #b8c5f1 mixed toward gray.

#bdc7ec

#c1cae7

#c6cde3

#cbcfde

#d0d2d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebee7 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#bdbce5 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b9dfde · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c5f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c5f1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8c5f1 (#b8c5f1) is rgb(184, 197, 241) in RGB.

No, #b8c5f1 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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