#b399ae

Color #b399ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b399ae

RGB

rgb(179, 153, 174)

HSL

hsl(311.5, 14.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.5, 14.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 2.8%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(66.08, 13.33, -7.34)

LCH

lch(66.08, 15.22, 331.16)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0423, 332.53)

HWB

hwb(311.5, 60%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b39e

Analogous

#ab99b3

#b399ae

#b399a1

Triadic

#b399ae

#aeb399

#99aeb3

Split-complementary

#b399ae

#a1b399

#99b3ab

Tetradic

#b399ae

#b39e99

#99b39e

#99aeb3

Square

#b399ae

#b3ab99

#99b39e

#99a1b3

Shades

Color #b399ae mixed toward black.

#9b7995

#7f5f79

#5f475a

#3f2f3c

#20181e

Tints

Color #b399ae mixed toward white.

#c0aabc

#ccbbc9

#d9ccd7

#e6dde4

#f2eef2

Tones

Color #b399ae mixed toward gray.

#b19bad

#af9dab

#ada0aa

#aaa2a9

#a8a4a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a9 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#aaaca8 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#b2a5a4 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b399ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b399ae]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#b399ae (#b399ae) is rgb(179, 153, 174) in RGB.

No, #b399ae 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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