#b8c6ca

Color #b8c6ca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c6ca

RGB

rgb(184, 198, 202)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 14.5%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 8.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(78.95, -3.98, -3.64)

LCH

lch(78.95, 5.39, 222.45)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0164, 216.8)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 72.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cabcb8

Analogous

#b8cac5

#b8c6ca

#b8bdca

Triadic

#b8c6ca

#cab8c6

#c6cab8

Split-complementary

#b8c6ca

#cab8bd

#cac5b8

Tetradic

#b8c6ca

#bcb8ca

#cabcb8

#c6cab8

Square

#b8c6ca

#c5b8ca

#cabcb8

#bdcab8

Shades

Color #b8c6ca mixed toward black.

#93a8af

#6e8b93

#53686f

#37464a

#1c2325

Tints

Color #b8c6ca mixed toward white.

#c4d0d3

#d0d9dc

#dce3e5

#e7eced

#f3f6f6

Tones

Color #b8c6ca mixed toward gray.

#bac5c9

#bbc4c7

#bdc4c6

#bec3c4

#c0c2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebec9 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbcc9 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#b9c8c8 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c6ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c6ca]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#b8c6ca (#b8c6ca) is rgb(184, 198, 202) in RGB.

No, #b8c6ca 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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