#b8a6bf

Color #b8a6bf

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b8a6bf

RGB

rgb(184, 166, 191)

HSL

hsl(283.2, 16.3%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.2, 13.1%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(70.33, 11.13, -10.41)

LCH

lch(70.33, 15.24, 316.91)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0406, 316.6)

HWB

hwb(283.2, 65.1%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adbfa6

Analogous

#aca6bf

#b8a6bf

#bfa6b9

Triadic

#b8a6bf

#bfb8a6

#a6bfb8

Split-complementary

#b8a6bf

#b9bfa6

#a6bfac

Tetradic

#b8a6bf

#bfa6ad

#adbfa6

#a6bfb8

Square

#b8a6bf

#bfaca6

#adbfa6

#a6b9bf

Shades

Color #b8a6bf mixed toward black.

#9c83a6

#80648a

#604b68

#403245

#201923

Tints

Color #b8a6bf mixed toward white.

#c4b5ca

#d0c4d4

#dbd3df

#e7e1ea

#f3f0f4

Tones

Color #b8a6bf mixed toward gray.

#b7a8bd

#b6aabb

#b5acb9

#b4aeb7

#b3b0b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0b9 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#b2b3b8 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#b7b5b4 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8a6bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8a6bf]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b8a6bf (#b8a6bf) is rgb(184, 166, 191) in RGB.

No, #b8a6bf 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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