#b488ac

Color #b488ac

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b488ac

RGB

rgb(180, 136, 172)

HSL

hsl(310.9, 22.7%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310.9, 24.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 4.4%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(61.9, 22.83, -12.44)

LCH

lch(61.9, 26, 331.41)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0726, 332.8)

HWB

hwb(310.9, 53.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88b490

Analogous

#a688b4

#b488ac

#b48896

Triadic

#b488ac

#acb488

#88acb4

Split-complementary

#b488ac

#96b488

#88b4a6

Tetradic

#b488ac

#b49088

#88b490

#88acb4

Square

#b488ac

#b4a688

#88b490

#8896b4

Shades

Color #b488ac mixed toward black.

#a06896

#815179

#613d5a

#41293c

#20141e

Tints

Color #b488ac mixed toward white.

#c19cba

#cdb0c8

#dac4d6

#e6d7e3

#f3ebf1

Tones

Color #b488ac mixed toward gray.

#b08caa

#ad8fa7

#a993a5

#a597a3

#a29aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2a4 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#a5a8a2 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#b29e9c · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b488ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b488ac]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b488ac (#b488ac) is rgb(180, 136, 172) in RGB.

No, #b488ac 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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