#b89fc2

Color #b89fc2

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b89fc2

RGB

rgb(184, 159, 194)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 22.3%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 18%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 18%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(68.67, 15.6, -14.58)

LCH

lch(68.67, 21.35, 316.94)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0569, 316.28)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 62.4%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9c29f

Analogous

#a69fc2

#b89fc2

#c29fba

Triadic

#b89fc2

#c2b89f

#9fc2b8

Split-complementary

#b89fc2

#bac29f

#9fc2a6

Tetradic

#b89fc2

#c29fa9

#a9c29f

#9fc2b8

Square

#b89fc2

#c2a69f

#a9c29f

#9fbac2

Shades

Color #b89fc2 mixed toward black.

#9d7bab

#815b90

#61456c

#402e48

#201724

Tints

Color #b89fc2 mixed toward white.

#c4afcc

#d0bfd6

#dbcfe0

#e7dfeb

#f3eff5

Tones

Color #b89fc2 mixed toward gray.

#b7a2bf

#b5a5bc

#b4a8b9

#b3abb6

#b2aeb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeba · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#afb1b8 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#b7b4b2 · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b89fc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b89fc2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b89fc2 (#b89fc2) is rgb(184, 159, 194) in RGB.

No, #b89fc2 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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