#b3aceb

Color #b3aceb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.91 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b3aceb

RGB

rgb(179, 172, 235)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 61.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 26.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(72.95, 15.7, -30.61)

LCH

lch(72.95, 34.4, 297.15)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0894, 289.21)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 67.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ebac

Analogous

#acc4eb

#b3aceb

#d3aceb

Triadic

#b3aceb

#ebb3ac

#acebb3

Split-complementary

#b3aceb

#ebd3ac

#c4ebac

Tetradic

#b3aceb

#ebace4

#e4ebac

#acebb3

Square

#b3aceb

#ebacc4

#e4ebac

#acebd3

Shades

Color #b3aceb mixed toward black.

#8175de

#4f3fd1

#3527a4

#241a6d

#120d37

Tints

Color #b3aceb mixed toward white.

#c0baee

#ccc8f2

#d9d5f5

#e6e3f8

#f2f1fc

Tones

Color #b3aceb mixed toward gray.

#b7b1e6

#bbb6e1

#bfbcdb

#c3c1d6

#c7c6d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0de · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b0b1db · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#b3d3d0 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3aceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3aceb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3aceb (#b3aceb) is rgb(179, 172, 235) in RGB.

No, #b3aceb 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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