#b6afc6

Color #b6afc6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b6afc6

RGB

rgb(182, 175, 198)

HSL

hsl(258.3, 16.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.3, 11.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(72.68, 6.91, -10.78)

LCH

lch(72.68, 12.8, 302.66)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0333, 299.49)

HWB

hwb(258.3, 68.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfc6af

Analogous

#afb3c6

#b6afc6

#c1afc6

Triadic

#b6afc6

#c6b6af

#afc6b6

Split-complementary

#b6afc6

#c6c1af

#b3c6af

Tetradic

#b6afc6

#c6afbf

#bfc6af

#afc6b6

Square

#b6afc6

#c6afb3

#bfc6af

#afc6c1

Shades

Color #b6afc6 mixed toward black.

#958bac

#746791

#574e6d

#3a3449

#1d1a24

Tints

Color #b6afc6 mixed toward white.

#c2bccf

#cecad9

#dad7e2

#e7e4ec

#f3f2f5

Tones

Color #b6afc6 mixed toward gray.

#b7b1c4

#b7b3c2

#b8b5c0

#b9b7be

#bab8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3c1 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b3b4bf · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#b6bcbc · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6afc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6afc6]

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

#b6afc6 (#b6afc6) is rgb(182, 175, 198) in RGB.

No, #b6afc6 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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