#ab8ba3

Color #ab8ba3

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ab8ba3

RGB

rgb(171, 139, 163)

HSL

hsl(315, 16%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(315, 18.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 4.7%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(61.45, 16.28, -8.09)

LCH

lch(61.45, 18.18, 333.58)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.051, 335.09)

HWB

hwb(315, 54.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bab93

Analogous

#a38bab

#ab8ba3

#ab8b93

Triadic

#ab8ba3

#a3ab8b

#8ba3ab

Split-complementary

#ab8ba3

#93ab8b

#8baba3

Tetradic

#ab8ba3

#ab938b

#8bab93

#8ba3ab

Square

#ab8ba3

#aba38b

#8bab93

#8b93ab

Shades

Color #ab8ba3 mixed toward black.

#956d8b

#785770

#5a4154

#3c2b38

#1e161c

Tints

Color #ab8ba3 mixed toward white.

#b99eb2

#c7b2c2

#d5c5d1

#e3d8e0

#f1ecf0

Tones

Color #ab8ba3 mixed toward gray.

#a88ea2

#a690a0

#a3939f

#a0969e

#9e989c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#a0a29c · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#aa9998 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab8ba3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab8ba3]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Orchid #da70d6

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ab8ba3 (#ab8ba3) is rgb(171, 139, 163) in RGB.

No, #ab8ba3 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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