#b38b9a

Color #b38b9a

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b38b9a

RGB

rgb(179, 139, 154)

HSL

hsl(337.5, 20.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(337.5, 22.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 14%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(61.98, 17.6, -2.1)

LCH

lch(61.98, 17.72, 353.2)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0525, 354.2)

HWB

hwb(337.5, 54.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bb3a4

Analogous

#b38bae

#b38b9a

#b3908b

Triadic

#b38b9a

#9ab38b

#8b9ab3

Split-complementary

#b38b9a

#8bb390

#8baeb3

Tetradic

#b38b9a

#b3a48b

#8bb3a4

#8b9ab3

Square

#b38b9a

#aeb38b

#8bb3a4

#908bb3

Shades

Color #b38b9a mixed toward black.

#9e6b7e

#805465

#603f4b

#402a32

#201519

Tints

Color #b38b9a mixed toward white.

#c09eab

#ccb2bc

#d9c5cd

#e6d8dd

#f2ecee

Tones

Color #b38b9a mixed toward gray.

#b08f9b

#ac929c

#a9959d

#a6989d

#a29c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a397 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a896 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#b19493 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b38b9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b38b9a]

Related colors

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#b38b9a (#b38b9a) is rgb(179, 139, 154) in RGB.

No, #b38b9a 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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