#b78b9d

Color #b78b9d

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b78b9d

RGB

rgb(183, 139, 157)

HSL

hsl(335.5, 23.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(335.5, 24%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24%, 14.2%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(62.48, 19.58, -3.03)

LCH

lch(62.48, 19.81, 351.2)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0585, 352.34)

HWB

hwb(335.5, 54.5%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bb7a5

Analogous

#b78bb3

#b78b9d

#b78f8b

Triadic

#b78b9d

#9db78b

#8b9db7

Split-complementary

#b78b9d

#8bb78f

#8bb3b7

Tetradic

#b78b9d

#b7a58b

#8bb7a5

#8b9db7

Square

#b78b9d

#b3b78b

#8bb7a5

#8f8bb7

Shades

Color #b78b9d mixed toward black.

#a26a81

#845267

#633e4d

#422933

#21151a

Tints

Color #b78b9d mixed toward white.

#c39ead

#cfb2be

#dbc5ce

#e7d8de

#f3ecef

Tones

Color #b78b9d mixed toward gray.

#b38f9e

#b0929e

#ac969f

#a89aa0

#a59da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a599 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#a8ab98 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#b59695 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b78b9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b78b9d]

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Frequently asked questions

#b78b9d (#b78b9d) is rgb(183, 139, 157) in RGB.

No, #b78b9d 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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