#b9b8eb

Color #b9b8eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b8eb

RGB

rgb(185, 184, 235)

HSL

hsl(241.2, 56%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.2, 21.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(76.43, 10.89, -25.22)

LCH

lch(76.43, 27.47, 293.35)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0717, 285.53)

HWB

hwb(241.2, 72.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaebb8

Analogous

#b8d1eb

#b9b8eb

#d3b8eb

Triadic

#b9b8eb

#ebb9b8

#b8ebb9

Split-complementary

#b9b8eb

#ebd3b8

#d1ebb8

Tetradic

#b9b8eb

#ebb8ea

#eaebb8

#b8ebb9

Square

#b9b8eb

#ebb8d1

#eaebb8

#b8ebd3

Shades

Color #b9b8eb mixed toward black.

#8382dc

#4e4bcc

#302ea3

#201f6d

#100f36

Tints

Color #b9b8eb mixed toward white.

#c5c4ee

#d0d0f2

#dcdcf5

#e8e7f8

#f3f3fc

Tones

Color #b9b8eb mixed toward gray.

#bdbce7

#c1c1e3

#c5c5de

#c9c9da

#cecdd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e0 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#b9b9dd · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#b9d7d5 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b8eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b8eb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b9b8eb (#b9b8eb) is rgb(185, 184, 235) in RGB.

No, #b9b8eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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