#b5abb8

Color #b5abb8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5abb8

RGB

rgb(181, 171, 184)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 8.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 7.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.15, 5.99, -5.36)

LCH

lch(71.15, 8.04, 318.18)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0214, 318.41)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 67.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb8ab

Analogous

#aeabb8

#b5abb8

#b8abb4

Triadic

#b5abb8

#b8b5ab

#abb8b5

Split-complementary

#b5abb8

#b4b8ab

#abb8ae

Tetradic

#b5abb8

#b8abae

#aeb8ab

#abb8b5

Square

#b5abb8

#b8aeab

#aeb8ab

#abb4b8

Shades

Color #b5abb8 mixed toward black.

#998b9d

#7c6c80

#5d5160

#3e3640

#1f1b20

Tints

Color #b5abb8 mixed toward white.

#c1b9c4

#cec7d0

#dad5db

#e6e3e7

#f3f1f3

Tones

Color #b5abb8 mixed toward gray.

#b4acb7

#b4adb6

#b3aeb5

#b3afb4

#b2b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1b5 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#b1b2b4 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#b5b3b2 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5abb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5abb8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5abb8 (#b5abb8) is rgb(181, 171, 184) in RGB.

No, #b5abb8 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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