#ad8ba8

Color #ad8ba8

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 17.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ad8ba8

RGB

rgb(173, 139, 168)

HSL

hsl(308.8, 17.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.8, 19.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 2.9%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(61.81, 17.93, -10.39)

LCH

lch(61.81, 20.72, 329.91)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0575, 331.21)

HWB

hwb(308.8, 54.5%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bad90

Analogous

#a18bad

#ad8ba8

#ad8b97

Triadic

#ad8ba8

#a8ad8b

#8ba8ad

Split-complementary

#ad8ba8

#97ad8b

#8bada1

Tetradic

#ad8ba8

#ad908b

#8bad90

#8ba8ad

Square

#ad8ba8

#ada18b

#8bad90

#8b97ad

Shades

Color #ad8ba8 mixed toward black.

#986d91

#7a5675

#5b4158

#3d2b3a

#1e161d

Tints

Color #ad8ba8 mixed toward white.

#bb9eb7

#c8b2c5

#d6c5d4

#e4d8e2

#f1ecf1

Tones

Color #ad8ba8 mixed toward gray.

#aa8ea6

#a791a4

#a594a2

#a296a0

#9f999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa2 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#a1a4a0 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#ac9c9b · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 17.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad8ba8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad8ba8]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ad8ba8 (#ad8ba8) is rgb(173, 139, 168) in RGB.

No, #ad8ba8 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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