#b5afb5

Color #b5afb5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5afb5

RGB

rgb(181, 175, 181)

HSL

hsl(300, 3.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 3.3%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(72.11, 3.24, -2.3)

LCH

lch(72.11, 3.97, 324.63)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0108, 325.57)

HWB

hwb(300, 68.6%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afb5af

Analogous

#b2afb5

#b5afb5

#b5afb2

Triadic

#b5afb5

#b5b5af

#afb5b5

Split-complementary

#b5afb5

#b2b5af

#afb5b2

Tetradic

#b5afb5

#b5afaf

#afb5af

#afb5b5

Square

#b5afb5

#b5b2af

#afb5af

#afb2b5

Shades

Color #b5afb5 mixed toward black.

#989098

#7b727b

#5c565c

#3e393e

#1f1d1f

Tints

Color #b5afb5 mixed toward white.

#c1bcc1

#cecace

#dad7da

#e6e4e6

#f3f2f3

Tones

Color #b5afb5 mixed toward gray.

#b4afb4

#b4b0b4

#b3b0b3

#b3b1b3

#b2b1b2

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

#b2b2b4 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#b5b2b2 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 4.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5afb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5afb5]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#b5afb5 (#b5afb5) is rgb(181, 175, 181) in RGB.

No, #b5afb5 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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