#b3acde

Color #b3acde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.85 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#b3acde

RGB

rgb(179, 172, 222)

HSL

hsl(248.4, 43.1%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.4, 22.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(72.47, 12.71, -24.26)

LCH

lch(72.47, 27.39, 297.65)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0711, 291.01)

HWB

hwb(248.4, 67.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7deac

Analogous

#acbede

#b3acde

#ccacde

Triadic

#b3acde

#deb3ac

#acdeb3

Split-complementary

#b3acde

#deccac

#bedeac

Tetradic

#b3acde

#deacd7

#d7deac

#acdeb3

Square

#b3acde

#deacbe

#d7deac

#acdecc

Shades

Color #b3acde mixed toward black.

#887dcb

#5d4eb9

#44388d

#2d255e

#17132f

Tints

Color #b3acde mixed toward white.

#c0bae4

#ccc8e9

#d9d6ef

#e6e3f4

#f2f1fa

Tones

Color #b3acde mixed toward gray.

#b6b0da

#b9b4d6

#bcb9d2

#bfbdcd

#c2c1c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d3 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#b0b1d1 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#b3cac8 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3acde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3acde]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3acde (#b3acde) is rgb(179, 172, 222) in RGB.

No, #b3acde 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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