#b495bb

Color #b495bb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b495bb

RGB

rgb(180, 149, 187)

HSL

hsl(288.9, 21.8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.9, 20.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(65.58, 18.43, -15.36)

LCH

lch(65.58, 23.99, 320.19)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0645, 320.04)

HWB

hwb(288.9, 58.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cbb95

Analogous

#a195bb

#b495bb

#bb95af

Triadic

#b495bb

#bbb495

#95bbb4

Split-complementary

#b495bb

#afbb95

#95bba1

Tetradic

#b495bb

#bb959c

#9cbb95

#95bbb4

Square

#b495bb

#bba195

#9cbb95

#95afbb

Shades

Color #b495bb mixed toward black.

#9c73a5

#7f5888

#604266

#402c44

#201622

Tints

Color #b495bb mixed toward white.

#c0a7c6

#cdb8d2

#d9cadd

#e6dce8

#f2edf4

Tones

Color #b495bb mixed toward gray.

#b298b8

#b09bb5

#ae9fb2

#aca2ae

#aaa5ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b3 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#a9abb1 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#b3acaa · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b495bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b495bb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b495bb (#b495bb) is rgb(180, 149, 187) in RGB.

No, #b495bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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