#b9b1ec

Color #b9b1ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b1ec

RGB

rgb(185, 177, 236)

HSL

hsl(248.1, 60.8%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.1, 25%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 25%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(74.71, 14.97, -28.4)

LCH

lch(74.71, 32.1, 297.79)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0834, 290.56)

HWB

hwb(248.1, 69.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ecb1

Analogous

#b1c7ec

#b9b1ec

#d7b1ec

Triadic

#b9b1ec

#ecb9b1

#b1ecb9

Split-complementary

#b9b1ec

#ecd7b1

#c7ecb1

Tetradic

#b9b1ec

#ecb1e4

#e4ecb1

#b1ecb9

Square

#b9b1ec

#ecb1c7

#e4ecb1

#b1ecd7

Shades

Color #b9b1ec mixed toward black.

#877adf

#5642d1

#3928a6

#261b6f

#130d37

Tints

Color #b9b1ec mixed toward white.

#c5beef

#d0cbf2

#dcd8f6

#e8e5f9

#f3f2fc

Tones

Color #b9b1ec mixed toward gray.

#bdb6e7

#c0bbe2

#c4c0dd

#c7c5d8

#cbcad3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6e0 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b6b7dc · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#b9d5d3 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b1ec]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b9b1ec (#b9b1ec) is rgb(185, 177, 236) in RGB.

No, #b9b1ec 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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