#b8aec4

Color #b8aec4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aec4

RGB

rgb(184, 174, 196)

HSL

hsl(267.3, 15.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.3, 11.2%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(72.53, 7.73, -9.89)

LCH

lch(72.53, 12.55, 308.01)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0328, 306.07)

HWB

hwb(267.3, 68.2%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bac4ae

Analogous

#aeafc4

#b8aec4

#c3aec4

Triadic

#b8aec4

#c4b8ae

#aec4b8

Split-complementary

#b8aec4

#c4c3ae

#afc4ae

Tetradic

#b8aec4

#c4aeba

#bac4ae

#aec4b8

Square

#b8aec4

#c4aeaf

#bac4ae

#aec4c3

Shades

Color #b8aec4 mixed toward black.

#998aaa

#7a688f

#5b4e6b

#3d3447

#1e1a24

Tints

Color #b8aec4 mixed toward white.

#c4bbce

#d0c9d8

#dbd6e1

#e7e4eb

#f3f1f5

Tones

Color #b8aec4 mixed toward gray.

#b8b0c2

#b8b2c0

#b8b3be

#b9b5bd

#b9b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4bf · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#b4b5be · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#b8bbba · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aec4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aec4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b8aec4 (#b8aec4) is rgb(184, 174, 196) in RGB.

No, #b8aec4 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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