#ba8cb6

Color #ba8cb6

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.21 Nearest Tailwind class pink-300 #fda5d5 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ba8cb6

RGB

rgb(186, 140, 182)

HSL

hsl(305.2, 25%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.2, 24.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 2.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(63.81, 24.54, -15.16)

LCH

lch(63.81, 28.85, 328.29)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0798, 329.32)

HWB

hwb(305.2, 54.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cba90

Analogous

#a78cba

#ba8cb6

#ba8c9f

Triadic

#ba8cb6

#b6ba8c

#8cb6ba

Split-complementary

#ba8cb6

#9fba8c

#8cbaa7

Tetradic

#ba8cb6

#ba908c

#8cba90

#8cb6ba

Square

#ba8cb6

#baa78c

#8cba90

#8c9fba

Shades

Color #ba8cb6 mixed toward black.

#a66aa0

#885183

#663d62

#442942

#221421

Tints

Color #ba8cb6 mixed toward white.

#c59fc2

#d1b2ce

#dcc5da

#e8d9e7

#f3ecf3

Tones

Color #ba8cb6 mixed toward gray.

#b690b3

#b294b0

#ae97ac

#ab9ba9

#a79fa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ad · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#abaeab · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#b8a5a4 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba8cb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba8cb6]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ba8cb6 (#ba8cb6) is rgb(186, 140, 182) in RGB.

No, #ba8cb6 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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