#b29dff

Color #b29dff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.62 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b29dff

RGB

rgb(178, 157, 255)

HSL

hsl(252.9, 100%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.9, 38.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.03, 28.61, -46.01)

LCH

lch(70.03, 54.18, 301.87)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1393, 292.59)

HWB

hwb(252.9, 61.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaff9d

Analogous

#9db9ff

#b29dff

#e39dff

Triadic

#b29dff

#ffb29d

#9dffb2

Split-complementary

#b29dff

#ffe39d

#b9ff9d

Tetradic

#b29dff

#ff9dea

#eaff9d

#9dffb2

Square

#b29dff

#ff9db9

#eaff9d

#9dffe3

Shades

Color #b29dff mixed toward black.

#7c58ff

#4614ff

#2c00ce

#1e0089

#0f0045

Tints

Color #b29dff mixed toward white.

#bfadff

#ccbeff

#d9ceff

#e5deff

#f2efff

Tones

Color #b29dff mixed toward gray.

#b7a5f7

#bbadef

#c0b6e7

#c5bede

#c9c6d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9ec · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#abace7 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#b1dcd8 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b29dff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b29dff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b29dff (#b29dff) is rgb(178, 157, 255) in RGB.

No, #b29dff 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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