#ab8cb6

Color #ab8cb6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab8cb6

RGB

rgb(171, 140, 182)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 22.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 23.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(62.33, 19.43, -17.55)

LCH

lch(62.33, 26.18, 317.91)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0698, 317.15)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 54.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97b68c

Analogous

#968cb6

#ab8cb6

#b68cac

Triadic

#ab8cb6

#b6ab8c

#8cb6ab

Split-complementary

#ab8cb6

#acb68c

#8cb696

Tetradic

#ab8cb6

#b68c97

#97b68c

#8cb6ab

Square

#ab8cb6

#b6968c

#97b68c

#8cacb6

Shades

Color #ab8cb6 mixed toward black.

#936ba1

#775383

#593f62

#3b2a42

#1e1521

Tints

Color #ab8cb6 mixed toward white.

#b99fc2

#c7b2ce

#d5c5da

#e3d9e7

#f1ecf3

Tones

Color #ab8cb6 mixed toward gray.

#a98fb2

#a893af

#a696ab

#a49aa8

#a39da4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ead · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#a0a2ab · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#aaa5a4 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab8cb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab8cb6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab8cb6 (#ab8cb6) is rgb(171, 140, 182) in RGB.

No, #ab8cb6 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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