#b8abc9

Color #b8abc9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b8abc9

RGB

rgb(184, 171, 201)

HSL

hsl(266, 21.7%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266, 14.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(71.92, 10.38, -13.55)

LCH

lch(71.92, 17.07, 307.45)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0445, 304.94)

HWB

hwb(266, 67.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcc9ab

Analogous

#abadc9

#b8abc9

#c7abc9

Triadic

#b8abc9

#c9b8ab

#abc9b8

Split-complementary

#b8abc9

#c9c7ab

#adc9ab

Tetradic

#b8abc9

#c9abbc

#bcc9ab

#abc9b8

Square

#b8abc9

#c9abad

#bcc9ab

#abc9c7

Shades

Color #b8abc9 mixed toward black.

#9885b1

#786197

#5a4971

#3c314b

#1e1826

Tints

Color #b8abc9 mixed toward white.

#c4b9d2

#d0c7db

#dbd5e4

#e7e3ed

#f3f1f6

Tones

Color #b8abc9 mixed toward gray.

#b8adc6

#b9b0c4

#b9b2c1

#b9b5bf

#bab7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2c2 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#b3b4c1 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#b7bdbc · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8abc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8abc9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b8abc9 (#b8abc9) is rgb(184, 171, 201) in RGB.

No, #b8abc9 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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