#baafbe

Color #baafbe

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#baafbe

RGB

rgb(186, 175, 190)

HSL

hsl(284, 10.3%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 7.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(72.77, 6.69, -6.22)

LCH

lch(72.77, 9.13, 317.08)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0243, 317)

HWB

hwb(284, 68.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3beaf

Analogous

#b3afbe

#baafbe

#beafbb

Triadic

#baafbe

#bebaaf

#afbeba

Split-complementary

#baafbe

#bbbeaf

#afbeb3

Tetradic

#baafbe

#beafb3

#b3beaf

#afbeba

Square

#baafbe

#beb3af

#b3beaf

#afbbbe

Shades

Color #baafbe mixed toward black.

#9d8ea3

#806d86

#605265

#403743

#201b22

Tints

Color #baafbe mixed toward white.

#c6bcc9

#d1cad4

#ddd7df

#e8e4e9

#f4f2f4

Tones

Color #baafbe mixed toward gray.

#b9b0bd

#b9b2bc

#b8b3ba

#b8b4b9

#b7b5b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5bb · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#b6b7ba · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#b9b8b7 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #baafbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baafbe]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#baafbe (#baafbe) is rgb(186, 175, 190) in RGB.

No, #baafbe 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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