#b5aee5

Color #b5aee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.68 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aee5

RGB

rgb(181, 174, 229)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 51.4%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 24%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(73.38, 13.81, -26.66)

LCH

lch(73.38, 30.02, 297.38)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.078, 290.25)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 68.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dee5ae

Analogous

#aec2e5

#b5aee5

#d0aee5

Triadic

#b5aee5

#e5b5ae

#aee5b5

Split-complementary

#b5aee5

#e5d0ae

#c2e5ae

Tetradic

#b5aee5

#e5aede

#dee5ae

#aee5b5

Square

#b5aee5

#e5aec2

#dee5ae

#aee5d0

Shades

Color #b5aee5 mixed toward black.

#867bd5

#5848c4

#3e3198

#292166

#151033

Tints

Color #b5aee5 mixed toward white.

#c1bbe9

#cec9ee

#dad6f2

#e6e4f6

#f3f1fb

Tones

Color #b5aee5 mixed toward gray.

#b8b3e0

#bcb7dc

#bfbcd7

#c3c0d3

#c6c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d9 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b2b3d6 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#b5d0cd · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aee5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5aee5 (#b5aee5) is rgb(181, 174, 229) in RGB.

No, #b5aee5 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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