#b3afc4

Color #b3afc4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b3afc4

RGB

rgb(179, 175, 196)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 15.1%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 10.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(72.38, 5.49, -10.15)

LCH

lch(72.38, 11.54, 298.41)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.03, 294.43)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 68.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c4af

Analogous

#afb5c4

#b3afc4

#bdafc4

Triadic

#b3afc4

#c4b3af

#afc4b3

Split-complementary

#b3afc4

#c4bdaf

#b5c4af

Tetradic

#b3afc4

#c4afc0

#c0c4af

#afc4b3

Square

#b3afc4

#c4afb5

#c0c4af

#afc4bd

Shades

Color #b3afc4 mixed toward black.

#918baa

#70698e

#544f6b

#383447

#1c1a24

Tints

Color #b3afc4 mixed toward white.

#c0bcce

#cccad8

#d9d7e1

#e6e4eb

#f2f2f5

Tones

Color #b3afc4 mixed toward gray.

#b4b1c2

#b5b2c0

#b6b4bf

#b7b6bd

#b8b8bb

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

#b1b1bf · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b2be · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#b3bbba · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3afc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3afc4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b3afc4 (#b3afc4) is rgb(179, 175, 196) in RGB.

No, #b3afc4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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