#b8c9ee

Color #b8c9ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c9ee

RGB

rgb(184, 201, 238)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 61.4%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 22.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(80.81, 2.07, -20.18)

LCH

lch(80.81, 20.29, 275.86)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.0553, 265.74)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 72.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeddb8

Analogous

#b8e4ee

#b8c9ee

#c2b8ee

Triadic

#b8c9ee

#eeb8c9

#c9eeb8

Split-complementary

#b8c9ee

#eec2b8

#e4eeb8

Tetradic

#b8c9ee

#ddb8ee

#eeddb8

#c9eeb8

Square

#b8c9ee

#eeb8e4

#eeddb8

#b8eec2

Shades

Color #b8c9ee mixed toward black.

#7f9ee0

#4673d3

#2951aa

#1b3671

#0e1b39

Tints

Color #b8c9ee mixed toward white.

#c4d2f1

#d0dbf4

#dbe4f6

#e7edf9

#f3f6fc

Tones

Color #b8c9ee mixed toward gray.

#bccbe9

#c1cce5

#c5cee0

#cad0dc

#ced1d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0e6 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#bfbde4 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#b9dfdd · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 14

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c9ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8c9ee (#b8c9ee) is rgb(184, 201, 238) in RGB.

No, #b8c9ee 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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