#b5a8ef

Color #b5a8ef

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.67 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5a8ef

RGB

rgb(181, 168, 239)

HSL

hsl(251, 68.9%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251, 29.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(72.27, 19.45, -33.82)

LCH

lch(72.27, 39.01, 299.9)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.101, 292.22)

HWB

hwb(251, 65.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2efa8

Analogous

#a8beef

#b5a8ef

#d9a8ef

Triadic

#b5a8ef

#efb5a8

#a8efb5

Split-complementary

#b5a8ef

#efd9a8

#beefa8

Tetradic

#b5a8ef

#efa8e2

#e2efa8

#a8efb5

Square

#b5a8ef

#efa8be

#e2efa8

#a8efd9

Shades

Color #b5a8ef mixed toward black.

#846fe4

#5435da

#3920ac

#261573

#130b39

Tints

Color #b5a8ef mixed toward white.

#c1b6f2

#cec5f4

#dad3f7

#e6e2fa

#f3f0fc

Tones

Color #b5a8ef mixed toward gray.

#b9aee9

#bdb4e3

#c0badd

#c4c0d7

#c8c6d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0afe0 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#b0b1dd · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#b4d4d1 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5a8ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5a8ef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b5a8ef (#b5a8ef) is rgb(181, 168, 239) in RGB.

No, #b5a8ef 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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