#ad9bb8

Color #ad9bb8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ad9bb8

RGB

rgb(173, 155, 184)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 17%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 15.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(66.36, 12.07, -12.58)

LCH

lch(66.36, 17.43, 313.81)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.046, 312.71)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 60.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6b89b

Analogous

#9f9bb8

#ad9bb8

#b89bb5

Triadic

#ad9bb8

#b8ad9b

#9bb8ad

Split-complementary

#ad9bb8

#b5b89b

#9bb89f

Tetradic

#ad9bb8

#b89ba6

#a6b89b

#9bb8ad

Square

#ad9bb8

#b89f9b

#a6b89b

#9bb5b8

Shades

Color #ad9bb8 mixed toward black.

#927aa1

#765e84

#584663

#3b2f42

#1d1721

Tints

Color #ad9bb8 mixed toward white.

#bbacc4

#c8bcd0

#d6cddc

#e4dee7

#f1eef3

Tones

Color #ad9bb8 mixed toward gray.

#ac9db6

#aca0b3

#aba2b1

#aba5ae

#aaa7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5b2 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#a7a8b0 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#acacab · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad9bb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad9bb8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad9bb8 (#ad9bb8) is rgb(173, 155, 184) in RGB.

No, #ad9bb8 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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