#b6a2c1

Color #b6a2c1

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6a2c1

RGB

rgb(182, 162, 193)

HSL

hsl(278.7, 20%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.7, 16.1%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(69.21, 13.06, -13.22)

LCH

lch(69.21, 18.58, 314.65)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0492, 313.68)

HWB

hwb(278.7, 63.5%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adc1a2

Analogous

#a6a2c1

#b6a2c1

#c1a2bc

Triadic

#b6a2c1

#c1b6a2

#a2c1b6

Split-complementary

#b6a2c1

#bcc1a2

#a2c1a6

Tetradic

#b6a2c1

#c1a2ad

#adc1a2

#a2c1b6

Square

#b6a2c1

#c1a6a2

#adc1a2

#a2bcc1

Shades

Color #b6a2c1 mixed toward black.

#9a7ea9

#7d5f8e

#5e476a

#3f2f47

#1f1823

Tints

Color #b6a2c1 mixed toward white.

#c2b1cb

#cec1d6

#dad0e0

#e7e0ea

#f3eff5

Tones

Color #b6a2c1 mixed toward gray.

#b5a5be

#b4a7bc

#b4aab9

#b3acb7

#b2afb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeba · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#afb0b8 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#b5b4b3 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6a2c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6a2c1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b6a2c1 (#b6a2c1) is rgb(182, 162, 193) in RGB.

No, #b6a2c1 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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