#bfbae8

Color #bfbae8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#bfbae8

RGB

rgb(191, 186, 232)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 50%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 19.8%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(77.29, 10.99, -22.25)

LCH

lch(77.29, 24.82, 296.29)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0645, 289.84)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 72.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e8ba

Analogous

#bacce8

#bfbae8

#d6bae8

Triadic

#bfbae8

#e8bfba

#bae8bf

Split-complementary

#bfbae8

#e8d6ba

#cce8ba

Tetradic

#bfbae8

#e8bae3

#e3e8ba

#bae8bf

Square

#bfbae8

#e8bacc

#e3e8ba

#bae8d6

Shades

Color #bfbae8 mixed toward black.

#8f86d7

#5e52c5

#40349d

#2a2369

#151134

Tints

Color #bfbae8 mixed toward white.

#cac6ec

#d4d1f0

#dfddf4

#eae8f7

#f4f4fb

Tones

Color #bfbae8 mixed toward gray.

#c2bee4

#c5c2e0

#c8c6dd

#cbc9d9

#cecdd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdde · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#bdbedc · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#bfd6d4 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfbae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfbae8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bfbae8 (#bfbae8) is rgb(191, 186, 232) in RGB.

No, #bfbae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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