#bb8b9f

Color #bb8b9f

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb8b9f

RGB

rgb(187, 139, 159)

HSL

hsl(335, 26.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(335, 25.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 15%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(62.96, 21.38, -3.42)

LCH

lch(62.96, 21.65, 350.91)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.064, 352.1)

HWB

hwb(335, 54.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bbba7

Analogous

#bb8bb7

#bb8b9f

#bb8f8b

Triadic

#bb8b9f

#9fbb8b

#8b9fbb

Split-complementary

#bb8b9f

#8bbb8f

#8bb7bb

Tetradic

#bb8b9f

#bba78b

#8bbba7

#8b9fbb

Square

#bb8b9f

#b7bb8b

#8bbba7

#8f8bbb

Shades

Color #bb8b9f mixed toward black.

#a76983

#895068

#673c4e

#442834

#22141a

Tints

Color #bb8b9f mixed toward white.

#c69eaf

#d2b2bf

#ddc5cf

#e8d8df

#f4ecef

Tones

Color #bb8b9f mixed toward gray.

#b78fa0

#b393a0

#af97a1

#ab9ba2

#a79fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89a · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#abae99 · ΔE 31

Tritanopia

#b99796 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb8b9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb8b9f]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Deep Pink #ff1493

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#bb8b9f (#bb8b9f) is rgb(187, 139, 159) in RGB.

No, #bb8b9f 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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