#b5acdf

Color #b5acdf

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.97 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b5acdf

RGB

rgb(181, 172, 223)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 44.3%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 22.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(72.66, 13.56, -24.49)

LCH

lch(72.66, 27.99, 298.97)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0726, 292.68)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 67.5%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6dfac

Analogous

#acbddf

#b5acdf

#cfacdf

Triadic

#b5acdf

#dfb5ac

#acdfb5

Split-complementary

#b5acdf

#dfcfac

#bddfac

Tetradic

#b5acdf

#dfacd6

#d6dfac

#acdfb5

Square

#b5acdf

#dfacbd

#d6dfac

#acdfcf

Shades

Color #b5acdf mixed toward black.

#8b7dcd

#604dba

#47378f

#2f255f

#181230

Tints

Color #b5acdf mixed toward white.

#c1bae4

#cec8ea

#dad6ef

#e6e3f4

#f3f1fa

Tones

Color #b5acdf mixed toward gray.

#b8b0db

#bbb5d7

#bdb9d2

#c0bdce

#c3c1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d4 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#b2b2d1 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#b5cbc9 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5acdf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5acdf]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b5acdf (#b5acdf) is rgb(181, 172, 223) in RGB.

No, #b5acdf 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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