#b4afb7

Color #b4afb7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b4afb7

RGB

rgb(180, 175, 183)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 5.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 4.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(72.08, 3.27, -3.45)

LCH

lch(72.08, 4.75, 313.47)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0125, 313.38)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 68.6%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b7af

Analogous

#b0afb7

#b4afb7

#b7afb6

Triadic

#b4afb7

#b7b4af

#afb7b4

Split-complementary

#b4afb7

#b6b7af

#afb7b0

Tetradic

#b4afb7

#b7afb2

#b2b7af

#afb7b4

Square

#b4afb7

#b7b0af

#b2b7af

#afb6b7

Shades

Color #b4afb7 mixed toward black.

#97909b

#79717e

#5b555e

#3c393f

#1e1c1f

Tints

Color #b4afb7 mixed toward white.

#c1bcc3

#cdcacf

#dad7db

#e6e4e7

#f3f2f3

Tones

Color #b4afb7 mixed toward gray.

#b4b0b6

#b4b1b5

#b3b2b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2b5 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#b2b3b5 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#b4b4b3 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4afb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4afb7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b4afb7 (#b4afb7) is rgb(180, 175, 183) in RGB.

No, #b4afb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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