#b7a8ee

Color #b7a8ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b7a8ee

RGB

rgb(183, 168, 238)

HSL

hsl(252.9, 67.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.9, 29.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.39, 19.81, -33.07)

LCH

lch(72.39, 38.55, 300.92)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0998, 293.76)

HWB

hwb(252.9, 65.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfeea8

Analogous

#a8bcee

#b7a8ee

#daa8ee

Triadic

#b7a8ee

#eeb7a8

#a8eeb7

Split-complementary

#b7a8ee

#eedaa8

#bceea8

Tetradic

#b7a8ee

#eea8df

#dfeea8

#a8eeb7

Square

#b7a8ee

#eea8bc

#dfeea8

#a8eeda

Shades

Color #b7a8ee mixed toward black.

#886fe3

#5937d8

#3f21aa

#2a1671

#150b39

Tints

Color #b7a8ee mixed toward white.

#c3b6f1

#cfc5f4

#dbd3f6

#e7e2f9

#f3f0fc

Tones

Color #b7a8ee mixed toward gray.

#baaee8

#beb4e2

#c1b9dc

#c4bfd7

#c8c5d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1e0 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b2b3dc · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#b6d3d1 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 21.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b7a8ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7a8ee]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b7a8ee (#b7a8ee) is rgb(183, 168, 238) in RGB.

No, #b7a8ee 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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