#b8c9f3

Color #b8c9f3

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c9f3

RGB

rgb(184, 201, 243)

HSL

hsl(222.7, 71.1%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.7, 24.3%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(80.98, 3.21, -22.6)

LCH

lch(80.98, 22.83, 278.08)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.0618, 267.78)

HWB

hwb(222.7, 72.2%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3e2b8

Analogous

#b8e6f3

#b8c9f3

#c4b8f3

Triadic

#b8c9f3

#f3b8c9

#c9f3b8

Split-complementary

#b8c9f3

#f3c4b8

#e6f3b8

Tetradic

#b8c9f3

#e2b8f3

#f3e2b8

#c9f3b8

Square

#b8c9f3

#f3b8e6

#f3e2b8

#b8f3c4

Shades

Color #b8c9f3 mixed toward black.

#7b9be9

#3e6cde

#1f4bb7

#15327a

#0a193d

Tints

Color #b8c9f3 mixed toward white.

#c4d2f5

#d0dbf7

#dbe4f9

#e7edfb

#f3f6fd

Tones

Color #b8c9f3 mixed toward gray.

#bdcbee

#c2cde9

#c7cfe4

#ccd1df

#d1d3da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0ea · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#bfbde7 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#b9e2e0 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c9f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c9f3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8c9f3 (#b8c9f3) is rgb(184, 201, 243) in RGB.

No, #b8c9f3 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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