#b6b3b7

Color #b6b3b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.73 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b3b7

RGB

rgb(182, 179, 183)

HSL

hsl(285, 2.7%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 2.2%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 2.2%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(73.29, 1.8, -1.66)

LCH

lch(73.29, 2.45, 317.32)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0065, 317.49)

HWB

hwb(285, 70.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b7b3

Analogous

#b4b3b7

#b6b3b7

#b7b3b6

Triadic

#b6b3b7

#b7b6b3

#b3b7b6

Split-complementary

#b6b3b7

#b6b7b3

#b3b7b4

Tetradic

#b6b3b7

#b7b3b4

#b4b7b3

#b3b7b6

Square

#b6b3b7

#b7b4b3

#b4b7b3

#b3b6b7

Shades

Color #b6b3b7 mixed toward black.

#98949a

#7a757c

#5c585d

#3d3b3e

#1f1d1f

Tints

Color #b6b3b7 mixed toward white.

#c2c0c3

#cecccf

#dbd9db

#e7e6e7

#f3f2f3

Tones

Color #b6b3b7 mixed toward gray.

#b6b3b7

#b6b4b6

#b5b4b6

#b5b5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5b6 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#b5b5b6 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#b6b5b5 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b3b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b3b7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#b6b3b7 (#b6b3b7) is rgb(182, 179, 183) in RGB.

No, #b6b3b7 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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