#b5afb8

Color #b5afb8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5afb8

RGB

rgb(181, 175, 184)

HSL

hsl(280, 6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 4.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(72.19, 3.81, -3.83)

LCH

lch(72.19, 5.4, 314.85)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0144, 314.72)

HWB

hwb(280, 68.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b8af

Analogous

#b1afb8

#b5afb8

#b8afb7

Triadic

#b5afb8

#b8b5af

#afb8b5

Split-complementary

#b5afb8

#b7b8af

#afb8b1

Tetradic

#b5afb8

#b8afb2

#b2b8af

#afb8b5

Square

#b5afb8

#b8b1af

#b2b8af

#afb7b8

Shades

Color #b5afb8 mixed toward black.

#988f9c

#7a707f

#5c545f

#3d383f

#1f1c20

Tints

Color #b5afb8 mixed toward white.

#c1bcc4

#cecad0

#dad7dc

#e6e4e7

#f3f2f3

Tones

Color #b5afb8 mixed toward gray.

#b5b0b7

#b5b1b7

#b4b1b6

#b4b2b5

#b4b3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2b6 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b3b5 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b5b4b4 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5afb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5afb8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b5afb8 (#b5afb8) is rgb(181, 175, 184) in RGB.

No, #b5afb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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