#b9afef

Color #b9afef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b9afef

RGB

rgb(185, 175, 239)

HSL

hsl(249.4, 66.7%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.4, 26.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(74.32, 16.76, -30.62)

LCH

lch(74.32, 34.91, 298.69)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0906, 291.3)

HWB

hwb(249.4, 68.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5efaf

Analogous

#afc5ef

#b9afef

#d9afef

Triadic

#b9afef

#efb9af

#afefb9

Split-complementary

#b9afef

#efd9af

#c5efaf

Tetradic

#b9afef

#efafe5

#e5efaf

#afefb9

Square

#b9afef

#efafc5

#e5efaf

#afefd9

Shades

Color #b9afef mixed toward black.

#8776e4

#543cd8

#3822ad

#251773

#130b3a

Tints

Color #b9afef mixed toward white.

#c5bcf2

#d0caf4

#dcd7f7

#e8e4fa

#f3f2fc

Tones

Color #b9afef mixed toward gray.

#bdb4ea

#c0bae4

#c4bfdf

#c8c4da

#cbcad4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5e2 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b6de · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#b9d6d4 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9afef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9afef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b9afef (#b9afef) is rgb(185, 175, 239) in RGB.

No, #b9afef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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