Information about #B494BD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #B494BD reads as a calm, restrained magenta and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wonderland (#BB97BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are East Side (#AA8CBC) and Pastel Purple (#B39EB5).
In RGB terms — rgb(180, 148, 189) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B494BD: 7.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B494BD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#B494BD color variations
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#B494BD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B494BD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B494BD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B494BD color hues
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#B494BD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B494BD color
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Nearest named colors to #B494BD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BB97BB
#AA8CBC
#B39EB5
#AB94B3
#AB92B3
#B284BE
#AE94AB
#C38EC7
#C098CC
#AE98AA
#AFA8BC
#A189BA
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B494BD
- RGB180, 148, 189
- CMYK4, 16, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(180, 148, 189)
- HSL287°, 24%, 66%
- HSL Precise286.829°, 23.699%, 66.078%
- HSV287°, 22%, 74%
- HSB287°, 22%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.580
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
- GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.580, 0.741)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.580, 0.741, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.580, 0.741)
- Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDB494BD
- DECIMAL ID11834557
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
