#b5a9cb

Color #b5a9cb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5a9cb

RGB

rgb(181, 169, 203)

HSL

hsl(261.2, 24.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.2, 16.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(71.22, 10.89, -15.72)

LCH

lch(71.22, 19.12, 304.71)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0498, 301.36)

HWB

hwb(261.2, 66.3%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfcba9

Analogous

#a9aecb

#b5a9cb

#c6a9cb

Triadic

#b5a9cb

#cbb5a9

#a9cbb5

Split-complementary

#b5a9cb

#cbc6a9

#aecba9

Tetradic

#b5a9cb

#cba9bf

#bfcba9

#a9cbb5

Square

#b5a9cb

#cba9ae

#bfcba9

#a9cbc6

Shades

Color #b5a9cb mixed toward black.

#9482b4

#735d9a

#564674

#392f4d

#1d1727

Tints

Color #b5a9cb mixed toward white.

#c1b7d4

#cec6dc

#dad4e5

#e6e2ee

#f3f1f6

Tones

Color #b5a9cb mixed toward gray.

#b6acc8

#b7afc5

#b7b1c2

#b8b4c0

#b9b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0c3 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#b1b2c2 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#b4bdbc · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5a9cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5a9cb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#b5a9cb (#b5a9cb) is rgb(181, 169, 203) in RGB.

No, #b5a9cb 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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