#b6aed5

Color #b6aed5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b6aed5

RGB

rgb(182, 174, 213)

HSL

hsl(252.3, 31.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.3, 18.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(72.91, 10.58, -18.65)

LCH

lch(72.91, 21.44, 299.57)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0557, 294.5)

HWB

hwb(252.3, 68.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdd5ae

Analogous

#aebad5

#b6aed5

#caaed5

Triadic

#b6aed5

#d5b6ae

#aed5b6

Split-complementary

#b6aed5

#d5caae

#bad5ae

Tetradic

#b6aed5

#d5aecd

#cdd5ae

#aed5b6

Square

#b6aed5

#d5aeba

#cdd5ae

#aed5ca

Shades

Color #b6aed5 mixed toward black.

#9084bf

#6959a9

#4f427f

#342c55

#1a162a

Tints

Color #b6aed5 mixed toward white.

#c2bcdc

#cec9e3

#dbd7ea

#e7e4f1

#f3f2f8

Tones

Color #b6aed5 mixed toward gray.

#b8b1d2

#bab5cf

#bcb8cb

#bebbc8

#c0bec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10:1

Black text reads better on this background (10:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3cc · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#b3b4ca · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#b6c5c4 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6aed5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6aed5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b6aed5 (#b6aed5) is rgb(182, 174, 213) in RGB.

No, #b6aed5 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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