#b4aee0

Color #b4aee0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.65 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b4aee0

RGB

rgb(180, 174, 224)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 44.6%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 22.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(73.13, 12.37, -24.34)

LCH

lch(73.13, 27.3, 296.94)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0709, 290.12)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 68.2%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dae0ae

Analogous

#aec1e0

#b4aee0

#cdaee0

Triadic

#b4aee0

#e0b4ae

#aee0b4

Split-complementary

#b4aee0

#e0cdae

#c1e0ae

Tetradic

#b4aee0

#e0aeda

#dae0ae

#aee0b4

Square

#b4aee0

#e0aec1

#dae0ae

#aee0cd

Shades

Color #b4aee0 mixed toward black.

#877ece

#5b4ebb

#423790

#2c2560

#161230

Tints

Color #b4aee0 mixed toward white.

#c0bbe5

#cdc9ea

#d9d6ef

#e6e4f5

#f2f1fa

Tones

Color #b4aee0 mixed toward gray.

#b7b2dc

#bab6d8

#bdbad3

#c1bfcf

#c4c3cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d5 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#b2b2d3 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#b4ccca · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4aee0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4aee0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b4aee0 (#b4aee0) is rgb(180, 174, 224) in RGB.

No, #b4aee0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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