#b49bc4

Color #b49bc4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b49bc4

RGB

rgb(180, 155, 196)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 25.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 20.9%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(67.38, 16.89, -17.67)

LCH

lch(67.38, 24.44, 313.71)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0644, 312.11)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 60.8%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abc49b

Analogous

#9f9bc4

#b49bc4

#c49bbf

Triadic

#b49bc4

#c4b49b

#9bc4b4

Split-complementary

#b49bc4

#bfc49b

#9bc49f

Tetradic

#b49bc4

#c49bab

#abc49b

#9bc4b4

Square

#b49bc4

#c49f9b

#abc49b

#9bbfc4

Shades

Color #b49bc4 mixed toward black.

#9876ae

#7c5793

#5d416e

#3e2b4a

#1f1625

Tints

Color #b49bc4 mixed toward white.

#c0acce

#cdbcd8

#d9cde1

#e6deeb

#f2eef5

Tones

Color #b49bc4 mixed toward gray.

#b39ec1

#b2a2bd

#b2a5ba

#b1a9b6

#b0acb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaabb · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#abadb9 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#b3b4b2 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b49bc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b49bc4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b49bc4 (#b49bc4) is rgb(180, 155, 196) in RGB.

No, #b49bc4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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