#b6acb9

Color #b6acb9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.34 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b6acb9

RGB

rgb(182, 172, 185)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 8.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 7%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(71.52, 5.98, -5.35)

LCH

lch(71.52, 8.02, 318.18)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0214, 318.41)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 67.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afb9ac

Analogous

#b0acb9

#b6acb9

#b9acb5

Triadic

#b6acb9

#b9b6ac

#acb9b6

Split-complementary

#b6acb9

#b5b9ac

#acb9b0

Tetradic

#b6acb9

#b9acaf

#afb9ac

#acb9b6

Square

#b6acb9

#b9b0ac

#afb9ac

#acb5b9

Shades

Color #b6acb9 mixed toward black.

#9a8c9e

#7c6d81

#5d5261

#3e3641

#1f1b20

Tints

Color #b6acb9 mixed toward white.

#c2bac5

#cec8d0

#dbd5dc

#e7e3e8

#f3f1f3

Tones

Color #b6acb9 mixed toward gray.

#b5adb8

#b5aeb7

#b4afb6

#b4b0b5

#b3b1b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2b6 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#b2b3b5 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#b6b4b3 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6acb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6acb9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6acb9 (#b6acb9) is rgb(182, 172, 185) in RGB.

No, #b6acb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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