#bbaec5

Color #bbaec5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbaec5

RGB

rgb(187, 174, 197)

HSL

hsl(273.9, 16.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.9, 11.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(72.81, 8.94, -10)

LCH

lch(72.81, 13.41, 311.8)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0353, 310.64)

HWB

hwb(273.9, 68.2%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8c5ae

Analogous

#afaec5

#bbaec5

#c5aec3

Triadic

#bbaec5

#c5bbae

#aec5bb

Split-complementary

#bbaec5

#c3c5ae

#aec5af

Tetradic

#bbaec5

#c5aeb8

#b8c5ae

#aec5bb

Square

#bbaec5

#c5afae

#b8c5ae

#aec3c5

Shades

Color #bbaec5 mixed toward black.

#9d8aab

#7e6790

#5f4d6c

#3f3448

#201a24

Tints

Color #bbaec5 mixed toward white.

#c6bbcf

#d2c9d8

#ddd6e2

#e8e4ec

#f4f1f5

Tones

Color #bbaec5 mixed toward gray.

#bbb0c3

#bab2c1

#bab4bf

#bab6bd

#bab7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b5c0 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b7be · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#babbbb · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbaec5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbaec5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bbaec5 (#bbaec5) is rgb(187, 174, 197) in RGB.

No, #bbaec5 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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