#b3afd4

Color #b3afd4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.92 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3afd4

RGB

rgb(179, 175, 212)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 30.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 17.5%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(72.89, 8.85, -18.15)

LCH

lch(72.89, 20.19, 295.99)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0525, 290.06)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 68.6%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0d4af

Analogous

#afbed4

#b3afd4

#c6afd4

Triadic

#b3afd4

#d4b3af

#afd4b3

Split-complementary

#b3afd4

#d4c6af

#bed4af

Tetradic

#b3afd4

#d4afd0

#d0d4af

#afd4b3

Square

#b3afd4

#d4afbe

#d0d4af

#afd4c6

Shades

Color #b3afd4 mixed toward black.

#8b85bd

#635ba7

#4a447e

#312d54

#19172a

Tints

Color #b3afd4 mixed toward white.

#c0bcdb

#cccae2

#d9d7ea

#e6e4f1

#f2f2f8

Tones

Color #b3afd4 mixed toward gray.

#b5b2d1

#b8b5ce

#bab8cb

#bdbbc8

#bfbec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10:1

Black text reads better on this background (10:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1cc · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b2ca · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#b3c5c4 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3afd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3afd4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3afd4 (#b3afd4) is rgb(179, 175, 212) in RGB.

No, #b3afd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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