#b5aec7

Color #b5aec7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aec7

RGB

rgb(181, 174, 199)

HSL

hsl(256.8, 18.2%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.8, 12.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(72.37, 7.32, -11.79)

LCH

lch(72.37, 13.88, 301.83)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.036, 298.34)

HWB

hwb(256.8, 68.2%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c7ae

Analogous

#aeb3c7

#b5aec7

#c1aec7

Triadic

#b5aec7

#c7b5ae

#aec7b5

Split-complementary

#b5aec7

#c7c1ae

#b3c7ae

Tetradic

#b5aec7

#c7aec0

#c0c7ae

#aec7b5

Square

#b5aec7

#c7aeb3

#c0c7ae

#aec7c1

Shades

Color #b5aec7 mixed toward black.

#9389ad

#726693

#564c6e

#393349

#1d1925

Tints

Color #b5aec7 mixed toward white.

#c1bbd0

#cec9da

#dad6e3

#e6e4ec

#f3f1f6

Tones

Color #b5aec7 mixed toward gray.

#b6b0c5

#b7b2c3

#b8b4c1

#b9b6bf

#b9b8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2c1 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#b2b3c0 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#b5bdbc · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aec7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aec7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#b5aec7 (#b5aec7) is rgb(181, 174, 199) in RGB.

No, #b5aec7 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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