#b6afe2

Color #b6afe2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6afe2

RGB

rgb(182, 175, 226)

HSL

hsl(248.2, 46.8%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.2, 22.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(73.61, 12.89, -24.68)

LCH

lch(73.61, 27.84, 297.58)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0724, 290.89)

HWB

hwb(248.2, 68.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe2af

Analogous

#afc1e2

#b6afe2

#cfafe2

Triadic

#b6afe2

#e2b6af

#afe2b6

Split-complementary

#b6afe2

#e2cfaf

#c1e2af

Tetradic

#b6afe2

#e2afdb

#dbe2af

#afe2b6

Square

#b6afe2

#e2afc1

#dbe2af

#afe2cf

Shades

Color #b6afe2 mixed toward black.

#897ed0

#5c4dbe

#423593

#2c2462

#161231

Tints

Color #b6afe2 mixed toward white.

#c2bce7

#cecaec

#dad7f0

#e7e4f5

#f3f2fa

Tones

Color #b6afe2 mixed toward gray.

#b9b3de

#bcb7d9

#bfbcd5

#c2c0d1

#c5c4cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d7 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b4d4 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#b6cecc · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6afe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6afe2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6afe2 (#b6afe2) is rgb(182, 175, 226) in RGB.

No, #b6afe2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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