#b099b5

Color #b099b5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b099b5

RGB

rgb(176, 153, 181)

HSL

hsl(289.3, 15.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.3, 15.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(66.02, 13.63, -11.38)

LCH

lch(66.02, 17.76, 320.14)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0476, 320.19)

HWB

hwb(289.3, 60%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eb599

Analogous

#a299b5

#b099b5

#b599ac

Triadic

#b099b5

#b5b099

#99b5b0

Split-complementary

#b099b5

#acb599

#99b5a2

Tetradic

#b099b5

#b5999e

#9eb599

#99b5b0

Square

#b099b5

#b5a299

#9eb599

#99acb5

Shades

Color #b099b5 mixed toward black.

#97799e

#7b5e81

#5c4661

#3d2f41

#1f1720

Tints

Color #b099b5 mixed toward white.

#bdaac1

#cabbce

#d8ccda

#e5dde6

#f2eef3

Tones

Color #b099b5 mixed toward gray.

#af9bb3

#ad9eb0

#aca0ae

#aaa2ac

#a9a5a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6af · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#a8aaad · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#afaaa8 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b099b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b099b5]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b099b5 (#b099b5) is rgb(176, 153, 181) in RGB.

No, #b099b5 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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