#b5aacb

Color #b5aacb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aacb

RGB

rgb(181, 170, 203)

HSL

hsl(260, 24.1%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 16.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(71.48, 10.34, -15.34)

LCH

lch(71.48, 18.5, 303.98)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0481, 300.45)

HWB

hwb(260, 66.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0cbaa

Analogous

#aaafcb

#b5aacb

#c5aacb

Triadic

#b5aacb

#cbb5aa

#aacbb5

Split-complementary

#b5aacb

#cbc5aa

#afcbaa

Tetradic

#b5aacb

#cbaac0

#c0cbaa

#aacbb5

Square

#b5aacb

#cbaaaf

#c0cbaa

#aacbc5

Shades

Color #b5aacb mixed toward black.

#9383b3

#725e9a

#564774

#392f4d

#1d1827

Tints

Color #b5aacb mixed toward white.

#c1b8d4

#cec6dc

#dad4e5

#e6e3ee

#f3f1f6

Tones

Color #b5aacb mixed toward gray.

#b6adc8

#b7afc5

#b8b2c3

#b9b5c0

#b9b8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0c4 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#b1b2c2 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#b4bebc · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aacb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aacb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#b5aacb (#b5aacb) is rgb(181, 170, 203) in RGB.

No, #b5aacb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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