#b8aaff

Color #b8aaff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aaff

RGB

rgb(184, 170, 255)

HSL

hsl(249.9, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.9, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.65, 23.01, -40.32)

LCH

lch(73.65, 46.42, 299.71)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.12, 290.9)

HWB

hwb(249.9, 66.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1ffaa

Analogous

#aac6ff

#b8aaff

#e2aaff

Triadic

#b8aaff

#ffb8aa

#aaffb8

Split-complementary

#b8aaff

#ffe2aa

#c6ffaa

Tetradic

#b8aaff

#ffaaf1

#f1ffaa

#aaffb8

Square

#b8aaff

#ffaac6

#f1ffaa

#aaffe2

Shades

Color #b8aaff mixed toward black.

#7d63ff

#421cff

#2300d4

#17008e

#0c0047

Tints

Color #b8aaff mixed toward white.

#c4b8ff

#d0c6ff

#dbd4ff

#e7e3ff

#f3f1ff

Tones

Color #b8aaff mixed toward gray.

#bdb1f8

#c1b8f1

#c6bfea

#cbc6e3

#d0cddc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2ee · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b4ea · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#b7dfdc · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aaff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aaff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b8aaff (#b8aaff) is rgb(184, 170, 255) in RGB.

No, #b8aaff 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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