#ab8ac0

Color #ab8ac0

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ab8ac0

RGB

rgb(171, 138, 192)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 30%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 28.1%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(62.2, 22.64, -23.39)

LCH

lch(62.2, 32.55, 314.07)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0858, 311.88)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 54.1%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fc08a

Analogous

#908ac0

#ab8ac0

#c08aba

Triadic

#ab8ac0

#c0ab8a

#8ac0ab

Split-complementary

#ab8ac0

#bac08a

#8ac090

Tetradic

#ab8ac0

#c08a9f

#9fc08a

#8ac0ab

Square

#ab8ac0

#c0908a

#9fc08a

#8abac0

Shades

Color #ab8ac0 mixed toward black.

#9166ad

#754d8f

#583a6b

#3b2647

#1d1324

Tints

Color #ab8ac0 mixed toward white.

#b99dca

#c7b1d5

#d5c4df

#e3d8ea

#f1ebf4

Tones

Color #ab8ac0 mixed toward gray.

#aa8ebb

#a993b7

#a897b2

#a79cae

#a6a0a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb5 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#a0a2b2 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#aaaba9 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab8ac0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab8ac0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab8ac0 (#ab8ac0) is rgb(171, 138, 192) in RGB.

No, #ab8ac0 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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