#b3aed4

Color #b3aed4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.52 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b3aed4

RGB

rgb(179, 174, 212)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 30.6%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 17.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(72.63, 9.4, -18.54)

LCH

lch(72.63, 20.79, 296.89)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.054, 291.15)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 68.2%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfd4ae

Analogous

#aebcd4

#b3aed4

#c6aed4

Triadic

#b3aed4

#d4b3ae

#aed4b3

Split-complementary

#b3aed4

#d4c6ae

#bcd4ae

Tetradic

#b3aed4

#d4aecf

#cfd4ae

#aed4b3

Square

#b3aed4

#d4aebc

#cfd4ae

#aed4c6

Shades

Color #b3aed4 mixed toward black.

#8c84be

#645aa7

#4b437e

#322d54

#19162a

Tints

Color #b3aed4 mixed toward white.

#c0bcdb

#ccc9e2

#d9d7e9

#e6e4f1

#f2f2f8

Tones

Color #b3aed4 mixed toward gray.

#b5b1d1

#b8b4ce

#bab8cb

#bcbbc7

#bfbec4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1cc · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b1b2ca · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b3c5c3 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3aed4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3aed4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3aed4 (#b3aed4) is rgb(179, 174, 212) in RGB.

No, #b3aed4 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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