#b8acb6

Color #b8acb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b8acb6

RGB

rgb(184, 172, 182)

HSL

hsl(310, 7.8%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310, 6.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 1.1%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.6, 6.12, -3.56)

LCH

lch(71.6, 7.08, 329.81)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0195, 331.2)

HWB

hwb(310, 67.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb8ae

Analogous

#b4acb8

#b8acb6

#b8acb0

Triadic

#b8acb6

#b6b8ac

#acb6b8

Split-complementary

#b8acb6

#b0b8ac

#acb8b4

Tetradic

#b8acb6

#b8aeac

#acb8ae

#acb6b8

Square

#b8acb6

#b8b4ac

#acb8ae

#acb0b8

Shades

Color #b8acb6 mixed toward black.

#9d8c9a

#806d7d

#60525e

#40373e

#201b1f

Tints

Color #b8acb6 mixed toward white.

#c4bac2

#d0c8ce

#dbd5da

#e7e3e7

#f3f1f3

Tones

Color #b8acb6 mixed toward gray.

#b7adb5

#b6aeb5

#b5afb4

#b4b0b3

#b3b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3b4 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#b4b5b3 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#b7b2b1 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8acb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8acb6]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b8acb6 (#b8acb6) is rgb(184, 172, 182) in RGB.

No, #b8acb6 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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