#b6a9bc

Color #b6a9bc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#b6a9bc

RGB

rgb(182, 169, 188)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 12.4%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 10.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.84, 8.21, -8.02)

LCH

lch(70.84, 11.48, 315.67)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0304, 315.27)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 66.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afbca9

Analogous

#ada9bc

#b6a9bc

#bca9b8

Triadic

#b6a9bc

#bcb6a9

#a9bcb6

Split-complementary

#b6a9bc

#b8bca9

#a9bcad

Tetradic

#b6a9bc

#bca9af

#afbca9

#a9bcb6

Square

#b6a9bc

#bcada9

#afbca9

#a9b8bc

Shades

Color #b6a9bc mixed toward black.

#9a88a2

#7c6886

#5d4e64

#3e3443

#1f1a21

Tints

Color #b6a9bc mixed toward white.

#c2b7c7

#cec6d2

#dbd4dd

#e7e2e9

#f3f1f4

Tones

Color #b6a9bc mixed toward gray.

#b5abba

#b5acb9

#b4aeb7

#b4afb6

#b3b1b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b0b8 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b2b7 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#b5b4b3 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6a9bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6a9bc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b6a9bc (#b6a9bc) is rgb(182, 169, 188) in RGB.

No, #b6a9bc 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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