#b5afc5

Color #b5afc5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b5afc5

RGB

rgb(181, 175, 197)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 15.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 11.2%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(72.57, 6.37, -10.4)

LCH

lch(72.57, 12.2, 301.49)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0316, 298.1)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 68.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfc5af

Analogous

#afb4c5

#b5afc5

#c0afc5

Triadic

#b5afc5

#c5b5af

#afc5b5

Split-complementary

#b5afc5

#c5c0af

#b4c5af

Tetradic

#b5afc5

#c5afbf

#bfc5af

#afc5b5

Square

#b5afc5

#c5afb4

#bfc5af

#afc5c0

Shades

Color #b5afc5 mixed toward black.

#948bab

#736890

#564e6c

#393448

#1d1a24

Tints

Color #b5afc5 mixed toward white.

#c1bccf

#cecad8

#dad7e2

#e6e4ec

#f3f2f5

Tones

Color #b5afc5 mixed toward gray.

#b6b1c3

#b7b3c1

#b7b4bf

#b8b6be

#b9b8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2c0 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b3bf · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#b5bcbb · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5afc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5afc5]

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

#b5afc5 (#b5afc5) is rgb(181, 175, 197) in RGB.

No, #b5afc5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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