#b6aaef

Color #b6aaef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.69 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b6aaef

RGB

rgb(182, 170, 239)

HSL

hsl(250.4, 68.3%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.4, 28.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(72.84, 18.63, -32.92)

LCH

lch(72.84, 37.83, 299.51)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.098, 291.93)

HWB

hwb(250.4, 66.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3efaa

Analogous

#aac1ef

#b6aaef

#d8aaef

Triadic

#b6aaef

#efb6aa

#aaefb6

Split-complementary

#b6aaef

#efd8aa

#c1efaa

Tetradic

#b6aaef

#efaae3

#e3efaa

#aaefb6

Square

#b6aaef

#efaac1

#e3efaa

#aaefd8

Shades

Color #b6aaef mixed toward black.

#8571e4

#5337d9

#3920ac

#261673

#130b39

Tints

Color #b6aaef mixed toward white.

#c2b8f2

#cec6f4

#dad5f7

#e7e3fa

#f3f1fc

Tones

Color #b6aaef mixed toward gray.

#bab0e9

#bdb6e3

#c1bbde

#c5c1d8

#c9c7d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1e1 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b3dd · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#b5d5d2 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6aaef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6aaef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b6aaef (#b6aaef) is rgb(182, 170, 239) in RGB.

No, #b6aaef 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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