#b8afca

Color #b8afca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#b8afca

RGB

rgb(184, 175, 202)

HSL

hsl(260, 20.3%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 13.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(72.97, 8.39, -12.52)

LCH

lch(72.97, 15.07, 303.83)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0392, 300.69)

HWB

hwb(260, 68.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1caaf

Analogous

#afb3ca

#b8afca

#c5afca

Triadic

#b8afca

#cab8af

#afcab8

Split-complementary

#b8afca

#cac5af

#b3caaf

Tetradic

#b8afca

#caafc1

#c1caaf

#afcab8

Square

#b8afca

#caafb3

#c1caaf

#afcac5

Shades

Color #b8afca mixed toward black.

#9689b1

#756497

#584b71

#3b324c

#1d1926

Tints

Color #b8afca mixed toward white.

#c4bcd3

#d0cadc

#dbd7e4

#e7e4ed

#f3f2f6

Tones

Color #b8afca mixed toward gray.

#b9b1c8

#b9b3c5

#bab6c3

#bbb8c1

#bcbabf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c4 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#b5b5c2 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#b8bfbe · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8afca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8afca]

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

#b8afca (#b8afca) is rgb(184, 175, 202) in RGB.

No, #b8afca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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