#b4aae3

Color #b4aae3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.12 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b4aae3

RGB

rgb(180, 170, 227)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 50.4%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 25.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(72.23, 15.26, -27.35)

LCH

lch(72.23, 31.32, 299.16)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0812, 292.43)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 66.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e3aa

Analogous

#aabce3

#b4aae3

#d0aae3

Triadic

#b4aae3

#e3b4aa

#aae3b4

Split-complementary

#b4aae3

#e3d0aa

#bce3aa

Tetradic

#b4aae3

#e3aad9

#d9e3aa

#aae3b4

Square

#b4aae3

#e3aabc

#d9e3aa

#aae3d0

Shades

Color #b4aae3 mixed toward black.

#8878d3

#5c46c2

#433195

#2c2163

#161032

Tints

Color #b4aae3 mixed toward white.

#c0b8e8

#cdc6ec

#d9d4f1

#e6e3f6

#f2f1fa

Tones

Color #b4aae3 mixed toward gray.

#b7afde

#bab3d9

#bdb8d5

#c0bdd0

#c3c2cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d7 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#b0b1d4 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#b4cdcb · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4aae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4aae3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b4aae3 (#b4aae3) is rgb(180, 170, 227) in RGB.

No, #b4aae3 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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