#b8c9ff

Color #b8c9ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.32 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c9ff

RGB

rgb(184, 201, 255)

HSL

hsl(225.6, 100%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.6, 27.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(81.39, 6, -28.36)

LCH

lch(81.39, 28.99, 281.95)

OKLCH

oklch(84.2%, 0.0781, 271.03)

HWB

hwb(225.6, 72.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffeeb8

Analogous

#b8edff

#b8c9ff

#cbb8ff

Triadic

#b8c9ff

#ffb8c9

#c9ffb8

Split-complementary

#b8c9ff

#ffcbb8

#edffb8

Tetradic

#b8c9ff

#eeb8ff

#ffeeb8

#c9ffb8

Square

#b8c9ff

#ffb8ed

#ffeeb8

#b8ffcb

Shades

Color #b8c9ff mixed toward black.

#6f92ff

#265aff

#0035dc

#002392

#001249

Tints

Color #b8c9ff mixed toward white.

#c4d2ff

#d0dbff

#dce4ff

#e7edff

#f3f6ff

Tones

Color #b8c9ff mixed toward gray.

#beccf9

#c4cff3

#cad2ed

#d0d5e7

#d6d8e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0f3 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#bfbdf0 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b9eae7 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c9ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b8c9ff (#b8c9ff) is rgb(184, 201, 255) in RGB.

No, #b8c9ff 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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