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#b5abc7

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: silver

RGB
181, 171, 199
HSL
261°, 20%, 73%
CMYK
9, 14, 0, 22
Luminance
0.4307

Every format

HEX#b5abc7
RGBrgb(181, 171, 199)
HSLhsl(261, 20%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 14%, 0%, 22%)
LABlab(71.6 9.0 -12.9)
LCHlch(71.6 15.8 304.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.759 0.041 301.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #b5abc7;
background-color: #b5abc7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b5abc7] bg-[#b5abc7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b5abc7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.710, green: 0.671, blue: 0.780)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#b5abc7")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b5abc7 on white: 2.18:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b5abc7 on black: 9.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red71.0%
Green67.1%
Blue78.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.0%
Magenta14.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)22.0%

Color previews

#b5abc7 text on a black background

contrast 9.61:1

Card sample

#b5abc7 text on a white background

contrast 2.18:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b5abc7;
Background color
Panel with #b5abc7 background
background-color: #b5abc7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b5abc7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(181, 171, 199, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(181, 171, 199, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b5abc7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5abc7, #C7ABC6);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b5abc7

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #b5abc7 in the Color Lab