#b89bc5

Color #b89bc5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b89bc5

RGB

rgb(184, 155, 197)

HSL

hsl(281.4, 26.6%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.4, 21.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(67.77, 18.43, -17.59)

LCH

lch(67.77, 25.48, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0677, 315.3)

HWB

hwb(281.4, 60.8%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8c59b

Analogous

#a39bc5

#b89bc5

#c59bbd

Triadic

#b89bc5

#c5b89b

#9bc5b8

Split-complementary

#b89bc5

#bdc59b

#9bc5a3

Tetradic

#b89bc5

#c59ba8

#a8c59b

#9bc5b8

Square

#b89bc5

#c5a39b

#a8c59b

#9bbdc5

Shades

Color #b89bc5 mixed toward black.

#9e76af

#815695

#61416f

#412b4a

#201625

Tints

Color #b89bc5 mixed toward white.

#c4accf

#d0bcd8

#dbcde2

#e7deec

#f3eef5

Tones

Color #b89bc5 mixed toward gray.

#b79ec1

#b5a2be

#b4a5ba

#b3a9b7

#b1acb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacbc · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#aeb0ba · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#b7b4b3 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b89bc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b89bc5]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b89bc5 (#b89bc5) is rgb(184, 155, 197) in RGB.

No, #b89bc5 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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