#ab99b4

Color #ab99b4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ab99b4

RGB

rgb(171, 153, 180)

HSL

hsl(280, 15.3%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 15%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 15%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(65.54, 11.7, -11.58)

LCH

lch(65.54, 16.46, 315.3)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0436, 314.54)

HWB

hwb(280, 60%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2b499

Analogous

#9d99b4

#ab99b4

#b499b0

Triadic

#ab99b4

#b4ab99

#99b4ab

Split-complementary

#ab99b4

#b0b499

#99b49d

Tetradic

#ab99b4

#b499a2

#a2b499

#99b4ab

Square

#ab99b4

#b49d99

#a2b499

#99b0b4

Shades

Color #ab99b4 mixed toward black.

#91799d

#755e80

#584760

#3a2f40

#1d1820

Tints

Color #ab99b4 mixed toward white.

#b9aac1

#c7bbcd

#d5ccda

#e3dde6

#f1eef3

Tones

Color #ab99b4 mixed toward gray.

#aa9bb2

#aa9db0

#a9a0ad

#a8a2ab

#a7a4a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a3ae · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a6ac · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#aaa9a8 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab99b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab99b4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab99b4 (#ab99b4) is rgb(171, 153, 180) in RGB.

No, #ab99b4 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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