#b1a4b9

Color #b1a4b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b1a4b9

RGB

rgb(177, 164, 185)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 13%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 11.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(69.04, 8.65, -9.08)

LCH

lch(69.04, 12.54, 313.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0331, 312.8)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 64.3%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb9a4

Analogous

#a6a4b9

#b1a4b9

#b9a4b6

Triadic

#b1a4b9

#b9b1a4

#a4b9b1

Split-complementary

#b1a4b9

#b6b9a4

#a4b9a6

Tetradic

#b1a4b9

#b9a4ac

#acb9a4

#a4b9b1

Square

#b1a4b9

#b9a6a4

#acb9a4

#a4b6b9

Shades

Color #b1a4b9 mixed toward black.

#9583a0

#786583

#5a4c63

#3c3342

#1e1921

Tints

Color #b1a4b9 mixed toward white.

#beb3c5

#cbc2d0

#d8d1dc

#e5e1e8

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #b1a4b9 mixed toward gray.

#b0a6b7

#b0a7b5

#b0a9b4

#afabb2

#afadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acabb4 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#acadb3 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#b0b0af · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b1a4b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1a4b9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b1a4b9 (#b1a4b9) is rgb(177, 164, 185) in RGB.

No, #b1a4b9 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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