#b8caff

Color #b8caff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.79 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8caff

RGB

rgb(184, 202, 255)

HSL

hsl(224.8, 100%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.8, 27.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(81.65, 5.47, -27.97)

LCH

lch(81.65, 28.5, 281.07)

OKLCH

oklch(84.4%, 0.077, 270.07)

HWB

hwb(224.8, 72.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffedb8

Analogous

#b8eeff

#b8caff

#cab8ff

Triadic

#b8caff

#ffb8ca

#caffb8

Split-complementary

#b8caff

#ffcab8

#eeffb8

Tetradic

#b8caff

#edb8ff

#ffedb8

#caffb8

Square

#b8caff

#ffb8ee

#ffedb8

#b8ffca

Shades

Color #b8caff mixed toward black.

#6f93ff

#265dff

#0038dc

#002592

#001349

Tints

Color #b8caff mixed toward white.

#c4d3ff

#d0dcff

#dce5ff

#e7edff

#f3f6ff

Tones

Color #b8caff mixed toward gray.

#becdf9

#c4d0f3

#cad3ed

#d0d6e7

#d6d9e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0f4 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbef1 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b9eae8 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8caff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8caff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#b8caff (#b8caff) is rgb(184, 202, 255) in RGB.

No, #b8caff 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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