#b5afbe

Color #b5afbe

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b5afbe

RGB

rgb(181, 175, 190)

HSL

hsl(264, 10.3%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 7.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(72.36, 4.97, -6.87)

LCH

lch(72.36, 8.48, 305.88)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.022, 303.91)

HWB

hwb(264, 68.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8beaf

Analogous

#afb1be

#b5afbe

#bdafbe

Triadic

#b5afbe

#beb5af

#afbeb5

Split-complementary

#b5afbe

#bebdaf

#b1beaf

Tetradic

#b5afbe

#beafb8

#b8beaf

#afbeb5

Square

#b5afbe

#beafb1

#b8beaf

#afbebd

Shades

Color #b5afbe mixed toward black.

#968ea3

#776d86

#595265

#3c3743

#1e1b22

Tints

Color #b5afbe mixed toward white.

#c1bcc9

#cecad4

#dad7df

#e6e4e9

#f3f2f4

Tones

Color #b5afbe mixed toward gray.

#b5b0bd

#b6b2bc

#b6b3ba

#b6b4b9

#b6b5b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2bb · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b3ba · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b5b8b7 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5afbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5afbe]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#b5afbe (#b5afbe) is rgb(181, 175, 190) in RGB.

No, #b5afbe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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