#b8aac0

Color #b8aac0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aac0

RGB

rgb(184, 170, 192)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 14.9%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 11.5%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(71.38, 9.13, -9.4)

LCH

lch(71.38, 13.1, 314.17)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0347, 313.36)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 66.7%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2c0aa

Analogous

#adaac0

#b8aac0

#c0aabd

Triadic

#b8aac0

#c0b8aa

#aac0b8

Split-complementary

#b8aac0

#bdc0aa

#aac0ad

Tetradic

#b8aac0

#c0aab2

#b2c0aa

#aac0b8

Square

#b8aac0

#c0adaa

#b2c0aa

#aabdc0

Shades

Color #b8aac0 mixed toward black.

#9b87a6

#7e678b

#5e4d68

#3f3345

#1f1a23

Tints

Color #b8aac0 mixed toward white.

#c4b8cb

#d0c6d5

#dcd5e0

#e7e3ea

#f3f1f5

Tones

Color #b8aac0 mixed toward gray.

#b8acbe

#b7aebc

#b7b0bb

#b6b1b9

#b6b3b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2bb · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b4ba · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#b7b7b6 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aac0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aac0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b8aac0 (#b8aac0) is rgb(184, 170, 192) in RGB.

No, #b8aac0 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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