#b49bca

Color #b49bca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b49bca

RGB

rgb(180, 155, 202)

HSL

hsl(271.9, 30.7%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.9, 23.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(67.58, 18.14, -20.69)

LCH

lch(67.58, 27.52, 311.24)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0721, 308.7)

HWB

hwb(271.9, 60.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1ca9b

Analogous

#9d9bca

#b49bca

#ca9bc8

Triadic

#b49bca

#cab49b

#9bcab4

Split-complementary

#b49bca

#c8ca9b

#9bca9d

Tetradic

#b49bca

#ca9bb1

#b1ca9b

#9bcab4

Square

#b49bca

#ca9d9b

#b1ca9b

#9bc8ca

Shades

Color #b49bca mixed toward black.

#9774b5

#79529c

#5b3e75

#3d294e

#1e1527

Tints

Color #b49bca mixed toward white.

#c0acd3

#cdbcdc

#d9cde4

#e6deed

#f2eef6

Tones

Color #b49bca mixed toward gray.

#b49fc6

#b3a3c2

#b3a7be

#b3abba

#b3afb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac0 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#abadbd · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#b3b8b6 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b49bca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b49bca]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b49bca (#b49bca) is rgb(180, 155, 202) in RGB.

No, #b49bca 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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