#b5abb6

Color #b5abb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.33 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b5abb6

RGB

rgb(181, 171, 182)

HSL

hsl(294.5, 7%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.5, 6%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.1, 5.61, -4.34)

LCH

lch(71.1, 7.09, 322.27)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0191, 323.07)

HWB

hwb(294.5, 67.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb6ab

Analogous

#afabb6

#b5abb6

#b6abb1

Triadic

#b5abb6

#b6b5ab

#abb6b5

Split-complementary

#b5abb6

#b1b6ab

#abb6af

Tetradic

#b5abb6

#b6abac

#acb6ab

#abb6b5

Square

#b5abb6

#b6afab

#acb6ab

#abb1b6

Shades

Color #b5abb6 mixed toward black.

#998b9b

#7c6d7e

#5d525e

#3e373f

#1f1b1f

Tints

Color #b5abb6 mixed toward white.

#c1b9c2

#cec7ce

#dad5da

#e6e3e7

#f3f1f3

Tones

Color #b5abb6 mixed toward gray.

#b4acb5

#b3adb4

#b3aeb3

#b2afb2

#b1b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1b3 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#b1b2b3 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#b5b1b1 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5abb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5abb6]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#b5abb6 (#b5abb6) is rgb(181, 171, 182) in RGB.

No, #b5abb6 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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