#b3abe0

Color #b3abe0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b3abe0

RGB

rgb(179, 171, 224)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 46.1%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 23.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(72.29, 13.72, -25.62)

LCH

lch(72.29, 29.06, 298.17)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0755, 291.44)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 67.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e0ab

Analogous

#abbee0

#b3abe0

#ceabe0

Triadic

#b3abe0

#e0b3ab

#abe0b3

Split-complementary

#b3abe0

#e0ceab

#bee0ab

Tetradic

#b3abe0

#e0abd8

#d8e0ab

#abe0b3

Square

#b3abe0

#e0abbe

#d8e0ab

#abe0ce

Shades

Color #b3abe0 mixed toward black.

#887bce

#5c4bbd

#433590

#2d2460

#161230

Tints

Color #b3abe0 mixed toward white.

#c0b9e5

#ccc7ea

#d9d5f0

#e6e3f5

#f2f1fa

Tones

Color #b3abe0 mixed toward gray.

#b6b0dc

#b9b4d7

#bcb8d3

#bfbdce

#c3c1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d5 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#b0b1d2 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#b3cbc9 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3abe0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3abe0]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3abe0 (#b3abe0) is rgb(179, 171, 224) in RGB.

No, #b3abe0 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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