#b49bb2

Color #b49bb2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b49bb2

RGB

rgb(180, 155, 178)

HSL

hsl(304.8, 14.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(304.8, 13.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 1.1%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(66.79, 13.33, -8.5)

LCH

lch(66.79, 15.81, 327.48)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0434, 328.58)

HWB

hwb(304.8, 60.8%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bb49d

Analogous

#aa9bb4

#b49bb2

#b49ba6

Triadic

#b49bb2

#b2b49b

#9bb2b4

Split-complementary

#b49bb2

#a6b49b

#9bb4aa

Tetradic

#b49bb2

#b49d9b

#9bb49d

#9bb2b4

Square

#b49bb2

#b4aa9b

#9bb49d

#9ba6b4

Shades

Color #b49bb2 mixed toward black.

#9c7b99

#80607d

#60485e

#40303f

#20181f

Tints

Color #b49bb2 mixed toward white.

#c1acbf

#cdbccc

#dacdd9

#e6dee5

#f3eef2

Tones

Color #b49bb2 mixed toward gray.

#b29db0

#b09faf

#aea1ad

#aca3ab

#aaa5a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaad · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#abadac · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#b3a9a8 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b49bb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b49bb2]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b49bb2 (#b49bb2) is rgb(180, 155, 178) in RGB.

No, #b49bb2 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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