#b8abb5

Color #b8abb5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.62 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b8abb5

RGB

rgb(184, 171, 181)

HSL

hsl(313.8, 8.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(313.8, 7.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 1.6%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.32, 6.48, -3.43)

LCH

lch(71.32, 7.33, 332.11)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.0203, 333.43)

HWB

hwb(313.8, 67.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb8ae

Analogous

#b4abb8

#b8abb5

#b8abae

Triadic

#b8abb5

#b5b8ab

#abb5b8

Split-complementary

#b8abb5

#aeb8ab

#abb8b4

Tetradic

#b8abb5

#b8aeab

#abb8ae

#abb5b8

Square

#b8abb5

#b8b4ab

#abb8ae

#abaeb8

Shades

Color #b8abb5 mixed toward black.

#9d8b99

#806c7c

#60515d

#40363e

#201b1f

Tints

Color #b8abb5 mixed toward white.

#c4b9c1

#d0c7ce

#dbd5da

#e7e3e6

#f3f1f3

Tones

Color #b8abb5 mixed toward gray.

#b7acb4

#b6adb4

#b5aeb3

#b4afb3

#b3b0b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2b3 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#b3b4b2 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#b7b1b0 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8abb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8abb5]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Deep Pink #ff1493

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b8abb5 (#b8abb5) is rgb(184, 171, 181) in RGB.

No, #b8abb5 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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