#b49ef6

Color #b49ef6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b49ef6

RGB

rgb(180, 158, 246)

HSL

hsl(255, 83%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 35.8%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 35.8%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(70.04, 26.41, -41.09)

LCH

lch(70.04, 48.85, 302.73)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.1259, 294.65)

HWB

hwb(255, 62%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0f69e

Analogous

#9eb4f6

#b49ef6

#e09ef6

Triadic

#b49ef6

#f6b49e

#9ef6b4

Split-complementary

#b49ef6

#f6e09e

#b4f69e

Tetradic

#b49ef6

#f69ee0

#e0f69e

#9ef6b4

Square

#b49ef6

#f69eb4

#e0f69e

#9ef6e0

Shades

Color #b49ef6 mixed toward black.

#8460f0

#5523eb

#3b11b9

#270b7b

#14063e

Tints

Color #b49ef6 mixed toward white.

#c0aef7

#cdbef9

#d9cefa

#e6dffc

#f2effd

Tones

Color #b49ef6 mixed toward gray.

#b8a5ef

#bbade7

#bfb4e0

#c3bbd9

#c6c3d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababe5 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#acaee0 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#b3d6d2 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b49ef6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b49ef6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b49ef6 (#b49ef6) is rgb(180, 158, 246) in RGB.

No, #b49ef6 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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