#B6B6CC

A light, muted blue closely aligning with Lightsteelblue.

About #B6B6CC

When working with digital screens, the color #B6B6CC is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Lightsteelblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 182, 182, and 204.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 11% cyan and 11% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 240.0° hue, 17.7% saturation, and 75.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6B6CC
RGB182, 182, 204
HSL240.0°, 17.7%, 75.7%
CMYK11%, 11%, 0%, 20%
HSV240.0°, 10.8%, 80.0%
LAB74.7, 4.3, -11.1
XYZ46.9, 47.8, 63.9
Decimal11974348

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.99:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.55:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.90:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.97:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6B6CC; }
.text-color { color: #B6B6CC; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6B6CC; }

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