#b4acea

Color #b4acea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b4acea

RGB

rgb(180, 172, 234)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 59.6%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 26.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(72.99, 15.76, -29.99)

LCH

lch(72.99, 33.88, 297.72)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0879, 290.08)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 67.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2eaac

Analogous

#acc3ea

#b4acea

#d3acea

Triadic

#b4acea

#eab4ac

#aceab4

Split-complementary

#b4acea

#ead3ac

#c3eaac

Tetradic

#b4acea

#eaace2

#e2eaac

#aceab4

Square

#b4acea

#eaacc3

#e2eaac

#acead3

Shades

Color #b4acea mixed toward black.

#8376dc

#5240cf

#3929a2

#261b6c

#130e36

Tints

Color #b4acea mixed toward white.

#c0baed

#cdc8f1

#d9d5f4

#e6e3f8

#f2f1fb

Tones

Color #b4acea mixed toward gray.

#b8b1e5

#bcb6e0

#bfbbda

#c3c1d5

#c7c6d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1dd · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b1b2da · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#b4d2d0 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4acea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4acea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b4acea (#b4acea) is rgb(180, 172, 234) in RGB.

No, #b4acea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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