#b6a5be

Color #b6a5be

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b6a5be

RGB

rgb(182, 165, 190)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 16.1%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 13.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(69.88, 10.8, -10.56)

LCH

lch(69.88, 15.1, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0401, 315.1)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 64.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adbea5

Analogous

#a9a5be

#b6a5be

#bea5b9

Triadic

#b6a5be

#beb6a5

#a5beb6

Split-complementary

#b6a5be

#b9bea5

#a5bea9

Tetradic

#b6a5be

#bea5ad

#adbea5

#a5beb6

Square

#b6a5be

#bea9a5

#adbea5

#a5b9be

Shades

Color #b6a5be mixed toward black.

#9a83a5

#7d6389

#5e4a67

#3f3245

#1f1922

Tints

Color #b6a5be mixed toward white.

#c2b4c9

#cec3d4

#dad2de

#e7e1e9

#f3f0f4

Tones

Color #b6a5be mixed toward gray.

#b5a7bc

#b4a9ba

#b4abb8

#b3adb6

#b2afb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb8 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#b0b1b7 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#b5b4b3 · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6a5be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6a5be]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b6a5be (#b6a5be) is rgb(182, 165, 190) in RGB.

No, #b6a5be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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