#b8afbd

Color #b8afbd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b8afbd

RGB

rgb(184, 175, 189)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 9.6%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 7.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(72.58, 5.81, -5.98)

LCH

lch(72.58, 8.34, 314.17)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0221, 313.9)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 68.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4bdaf

Analogous

#b1afbd

#b8afbd

#bdafbb

Triadic

#b8afbd

#bdb8af

#afbdb8

Split-complementary

#b8afbd

#bbbdaf

#afbdb1

Tetradic

#b8afbd

#bdafb4

#b4bdaf

#afbdb8

Square

#b8afbd

#bdb1af

#b4bdaf

#afbbbd

Shades

Color #b8afbd mixed toward black.

#9b8ea2

#7d6e85

#5e5264

#3e3743

#1f1b21

Tints

Color #b8afbd mixed toward white.

#c4bcc8

#d0cad3

#dcd7de

#e7e4e9

#f3f2f4

Tones

Color #b8afbd mixed toward gray.

#b8b0bc

#b7b1bb

#b7b3ba

#b7b4b8

#b6b5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4ba · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#b5b5b9 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#b8b7b7 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8afbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8afbd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b8afbd (#b8afbd) is rgb(184, 175, 189) in RGB.

No, #b8afbd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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