#ab9ab4

Color #ab9ab4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ab9ab4

RGB

rgb(171, 154, 180)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 14.8%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 14.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(65.8, 11.14, -11.19)

LCH

lch(65.8, 15.79, 314.87)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0419, 314.03)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 60.4%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3b49a

Analogous

#9e9ab4

#ab9ab4

#b49ab0

Triadic

#ab9ab4

#b4ab9a

#9ab4ab

Split-complementary

#ab9ab4

#b0b49a

#9ab49e

Tetradic

#ab9ab4

#b49aa3

#a3b49a

#9ab4ab

Square

#ab9ab4

#b49e9a

#a3b49a

#9ab0b4

Shades

Color #ab9ab4 mixed toward black.

#907a9c

#745f80

#574760

#3a2f40

#1d1820

Tints

Color #ab9ab4 mixed toward white.

#b9abc1

#c7bccd

#d5cdda

#e3dde6

#f1eef3

Tones

Color #ab9ab4 mixed toward gray.

#aa9cb2

#aa9eb0

#a9a1ae

#a8a3ab

#a8a5a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4ae · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a6ad · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#aaa9a8 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab9ab4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab9ab4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab9ab4 (#ab9ab4) is rgb(171, 154, 180) in RGB.

No, #ab9ab4 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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