#b1afbd

Color #b1afbd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.15 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b1afbd

RGB

rgb(177, 175, 189)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 9.6%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 7.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(72.01, 3.4, -6.87)

LCH

lch(72.01, 7.67, 296.33)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0199, 292.44)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 68.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbdaf

Analogous

#afb4bd

#b1afbd

#b8afbd

Triadic

#b1afbd

#bdb1af

#afbdb1

Split-complementary

#b1afbd

#bdb8af

#b4bdaf

Tetradic

#b1afbd

#bdafbb

#bbbdaf

#afbdb1

Square

#b1afbd

#bdafb4

#bbbdaf

#afbdb8

Shades

Color #b1afbd mixed toward black.

#918ea2

#716e85

#555264

#393743

#1c1b21

Tints

Color #b1afbd mixed toward white.

#bebcc8

#cbcad3

#d8d7de

#e5e4e9

#f2f2f4

Tones

Color #b1afbd mixed toward gray.

#b2b0bc

#b3b1bb

#b4b3ba

#b4b4b8

#b5b5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0ba · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#b0b0b9 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#b1b7b7 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b1afbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1afbd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b1afbd (#b1afbd) is rgb(177, 175, 189) in RGB.

No, #b1afbd 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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