#b2a5b8

Color #b2a5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b2a5b8

RGB

rgb(178, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 11.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 10.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(69.35, 8.24, -8.06)

LCH

lch(69.35, 11.53, 315.63)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0305, 315.27)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 64.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb8a5

Analogous

#a8a5b8

#b2a5b8

#b8a5b4

Triadic

#b2a5b8

#b8b2a5

#a5b8b2

Split-complementary

#b2a5b8

#b4b8a5

#a5b8a8

Tetradic

#b2a5b8

#b8a5ab

#abb8a5

#a5b8b2

Square

#b2a5b8

#b8a8a5

#abb8a5

#a5b4b8

Shades

Color #b2a5b8 mixed toward black.

#96849e

#796782

#5b4d62

#3d3341

#1e1a21

Tints

Color #b2a5b8 mixed toward white.

#bfb4c4

#ccc3d0

#d8d2db

#e5e1e7

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #b2a5b8 mixed toward gray.

#b1a6b6

#b1a8b5

#b0aab3

#b0abb2

#afadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adacb4 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#adaeb3 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#b1b0af · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b2a5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2a5b8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b2a5b8 (#b2a5b8) is rgb(178, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #b2a5b8 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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