#b5a7bd

Color #b5a7bd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5a7bd

RGB

rgb(181, 167, 189)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 14.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 11.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(70.27, 9.16, -9.43)

LCH

lch(70.27, 13.15, 314.17)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0347, 313.48)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 65.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afbda7

Analogous

#aaa7bd

#b5a7bd

#bda7ba

Triadic

#b5a7bd

#bdb5a7

#a7bdb5

Split-complementary

#b5a7bd

#babda7

#a7bdaa

Tetradic

#b5a7bd

#bda7af

#afbda7

#a7bdb5

Square

#b5a7bd

#bdaaa7

#afbda7

#a7babd

Shades

Color #b5a7bd mixed toward black.

#9885a4

#7b6688

#5c4c66

#3e3344

#1f1922

Tints

Color #b5a7bd mixed toward white.

#c1b6c8

#cec4d3

#dad3de

#e6e2e9

#f3f0f4

Tones

Color #b5a7bd mixed toward gray.

#b4a9bb

#b4abb9

#b3acb7

#b3aeb6

#b2b0b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb8 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b0b1b7 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#b4b4b3 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5a7bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5a7bd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b5a7bd (#b5a7bd) is rgb(181, 167, 189) in RGB.

No, #b5a7bd 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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