#b7ade5

Color #b7ade5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.19 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b7ade5

RGB

rgb(183, 173, 229)

HSL

hsl(250.7, 51.9%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.7, 24.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(73.29, 14.98, -26.79)

LCH

lch(73.29, 30.69, 299.21)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0796, 292.6)

HWB

hwb(250.7, 67.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe5ad

Analogous

#adbfe5

#b7ade5

#d3ade5

Triadic

#b7ade5

#e5b7ad

#ade5b7

Split-complementary

#b7ade5

#e5d3ad

#bfe5ad

Tetradic

#b7ade5

#e5addb

#dbe5ad

#ade5b7

Square

#b7ade5

#e5adbf

#dbe5ad

#ade5d3

Shades

Color #b7ade5 mixed toward black.

#8a7ad5

#5e47c5

#433099

#2d2066

#161033

Tints

Color #b7ade5 mixed toward white.

#c3bbe9

#cfc8ee

#dbd6f2

#e7e4f6

#f3f1fb

Tones

Color #b7ade5 mixed toward gray.

#bab2e0

#bdb6dc

#c0bbd7

#c3c0d2

#c6c4ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d9 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#b3b4d6 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#b7cfcd · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b7ade5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7ade5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b7ade5 (#b7ade5) is rgb(183, 173, 229) in RGB.

No, #b7ade5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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