#b3a1b7

Color #b3a1b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b3a1b7

RGB

rgb(179, 161, 183)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 13.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 12%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 12%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(68.38, 10.61, -8.94)

LCH

lch(68.38, 13.87, 319.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0372, 320.02)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 63.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b7a1

Analogous

#a8a1b7

#b3a1b7

#b7a1b0

Triadic

#b3a1b7

#b7b3a1

#a1b7b3

Split-complementary

#b3a1b7

#b0b7a1

#a1b7a8

Tetradic

#b3a1b7

#b7a1a5

#a5b7a1

#a1b7b3

Square

#b3a1b7

#b7a8a1

#a5b7a1

#a1b0b7

Shades

Color #b3a1b7 mixed toward black.

#99819e

#7c6382

#5d4b62

#3e3241

#1f1921

Tints

Color #b3a1b7 mixed toward white.

#c0b1c3

#ccc0cf

#d9d0db

#e6e0e7

#f2eff3

Tones

Color #b3a1b7 mixed toward gray.

#b2a3b5

#b1a5b3

#b0a7b2

#aea8b0

#adaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acabb2 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#adaeb1 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#b2aead · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3a1b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3a1b7]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b3a1b7 (#b3a1b7) is rgb(179, 161, 183) in RGB.

No, #b3a1b7 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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