#b997a3

Color #b997a3

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b997a3

RGB

rgb(185, 151, 163)

HSL

hsl(338.8, 19.5%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(338.8, 18.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 11.9%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.82, 14.64, -1.49)

LCH

lch(65.82, 14.72, 354.19)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0436, 355.13)

HWB

hwb(338.8, 59.2%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97b9ad

Analogous

#b997b4

#b997a3

#b99c97

Triadic

#b997a3

#a3b997

#97a3b9

Split-complementary

#b997a3

#97b99c

#97b4b9

Tetradic

#b997a3

#b9ad97

#97b9ad

#97a3b9

Square

#b997a3

#b4b997

#97b9ad

#9c97b9

Shades

Color #b997a3 mixed toward black.

#a27685

#865a6a

#64444f

#432d35

#21171a

Tints

Color #b997a3 mixed toward white.

#c5a8b2

#d0bac2

#dccbd1

#e8dce0

#f3eef0

Tones

Color #b997a3 mixed toward gray.

#b69aa4

#b39da5

#b1a0a6

#aea2a6

#aba5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa0 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#adb0a0 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#b79e9d · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b997a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b997a3]

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Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Deep Pink #ff1493

Frequently asked questions

#b997a3 (#b997a3) is rgb(185, 151, 163) in RGB.

No, #b997a3 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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