#ab9cb7

Color #ab9cb7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ab9cb7

RGB

rgb(171, 156, 183)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 15.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 14.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(66.41, 10.63, -11.96)

LCH

lch(66.41, 16, 311.63)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0421, 310.08)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 61.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b79c

Analogous

#9e9cb7

#ab9cb7

#b79cb6

Triadic

#ab9cb7

#b7ab9c

#9cb7ab

Split-complementary

#ab9cb7

#b6b79c

#9cb79e

Tetradic

#ab9cb7

#b79ca8

#a8b79c

#9cb7ab

Square

#ab9cb7

#b79e9c

#a8b79c

#9cb6b7

Shades

Color #ab9cb7 mixed toward black.

#8f7b9f

#735f83

#564762

#3a3041

#1d1821

Tints

Color #ab9cb7 mixed toward white.

#b9adc3

#c7bdcf

#d5cedb

#e3dee7

#f1eff3

Tones

Color #ab9cb7 mixed toward gray.

#ab9eb5

#aba1b3

#aaa3b0

#aaa5ae

#aaa7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5b1 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a7af · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#aaacab · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab9cb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab9cb7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#ab9cb7 (#ab9cb7) is rgb(171, 156, 183) in RGB.

No, #ab9cb7 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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