#ab91b8

Color #ab91b8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ab91b8

RGB

rgb(171, 145, 184)

HSL

hsl(280, 21.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 21.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(63.65, 17.01, -16.68)

LCH

lch(63.65, 23.82, 315.56)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0631, 314.42)

HWB

hwb(280, 56.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eb891

Analogous

#9791b8

#ab91b8

#b891b1

Triadic

#ab91b8

#b8ab91

#91b8ab

Split-complementary

#ab91b8

#b1b891

#91b897

Tetradic

#ab91b8

#b8919e

#9eb891

#91b8ab

Square

#ab91b8

#b89791

#9eb891

#91b1b8

Shades

Color #ab91b8 mixed toward black.

#9270a2

#765685

#584164

#3b2b43

#1d1621

Tints

Color #ab91b8 mixed toward white.

#b9a3c4

#c7b6d0

#d5c8db

#e3dae7

#f1edf3

Tones

Color #ab91b8 mixed toward gray.

#aa94b5

#a997b1

#a89bae

#a79eab

#a6a1a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b0 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#a2a4ad · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#aaa9a7 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab91b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab91b8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab91b8 (#ab91b8) is rgb(171, 145, 184) in RGB.

No, #ab91b8 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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