#b8aee1

Color #b8aee1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.47 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aee1

RGB

rgb(184, 174, 225)

HSL

hsl(251.8, 45.9%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.8, 22.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(73.48, 13.84, -24.31)

LCH

lch(73.48, 27.97, 299.65)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0726, 293.63)

HWB

hwb(251.8, 68.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e1ae

Analogous

#aebde1

#b8aee1

#d1aee1

Triadic

#b8aee1

#e1b8ae

#aee1b8

Split-complementary

#b8aee1

#e1d1ae

#bde1ae

Tetradic

#b8aee1

#e1aed7

#d7e1ae

#aee1b8

Square

#b8aee1

#e1aebd

#d7e1ae

#aee1d1

Shades

Color #b8aee1 mixed toward black.

#8d7dcf

#634dbd

#483691

#302461

#181230

Tints

Color #b8aee1 mixed toward white.

#c4bbe6

#d0c9eb

#dbd6f0

#e7e4f5

#f3f1fa

Tones

Color #b8aee1 mixed toward gray.

#bbb2dd

#bdb6d8

#c0bbd4

#c2bfd0

#c5c3cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4d6 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#b4b5d3 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#b8cdcb · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aee1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aee1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b8aee1 (#b8aee1) is rgb(184, 174, 225) in RGB.

No, #b8aee1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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