#b696b9

Color #b696b9

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b696b9

RGB

rgb(182, 150, 185)

HSL

hsl(294.9, 20%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.9, 18.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.95, 18.16, -13.66)

LCH

lch(65.95, 22.72, 323.05)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0616, 323.45)

HWB

hwb(294.9, 58.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b996

Analogous

#a596b9

#b696b9

#b996ab

Triadic

#b696b9

#b9b696

#96b9b6

Split-complementary

#b696b9

#abb996

#96b9a5

Tetradic

#b696b9

#b99699

#99b996

#96b9b6

Square

#b696b9

#b9a596

#99b996

#96abb9

Shades

Color #b696b9 mixed toward black.

#9f75a3

#825986

#624365

#412d43

#211622

Tints

Color #b696b9 mixed toward white.

#c2a8c5

#ceb9d0

#dbcbdc

#e7dce8

#f3eef3

Tones

Color #b696b9 mixed toward gray.

#b499b6

#b19cb3

#af9fb0

#aca2ad

#aaa5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b1 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#abadaf · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#b5abaa · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b696b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b696b9]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#b696b9 (#b696b9) is rgb(182, 150, 185) in RGB.

No, #b696b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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