#b0a9b4

Color #b0a9b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b0a9b4

RGB

rgb(176, 169, 180)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 6.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 6.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(70.11, 4.57, -4.74)

LCH

lch(70.11, 6.58, 313.95)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0174, 313.6)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 66.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb4a9

Analogous

#aaa9b4

#b0a9b4

#b4a9b2

Triadic

#b0a9b4

#b4b0a9

#a9b4b0

Split-complementary

#b0a9b4

#b2b4a9

#a9b4aa

Tetradic

#b0a9b4

#b4a9ad

#adb4a9

#a9b4b0

Square

#b0a9b4

#b4aaa9

#adb4a9

#a9b2b4

Shades

Color #b0a9b4 mixed toward black.

#938a99

#766c7c

#59515d

#3b363e

#1e1b1f

Tints

Color #b0a9b4 mixed toward white.

#bdb7c0

#cac6cd

#d7d4d9

#e5e2e6

#f2f1f2

Tones

Color #b0a9b4 mixed toward gray.

#b0aab3

#afabb2

#afacb1

#afadb0

#afaeaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb1 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#adaeb1 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#b0afaf · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b0a9b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b0a9b4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b0a9b4 (#b0a9b4) is rgb(176, 169, 180) in RGB.

No, #b0a9b4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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