#bb8ea0

Color #bb8ea0

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bb8ea0

RGB

rgb(187, 142, 160)

HSL

hsl(336, 24.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336, 24.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 14.4%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.71, 19.88, -2.87)

LCH

lch(63.71, 20.09, 351.79)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0594, 352.95)

HWB

hwb(336, 55.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ebba9

Analogous

#bb8eb7

#bb8ea0

#bb928e

Triadic

#bb8ea0

#a0bb8e

#8ea0bb

Split-complementary

#bb8ea0

#8ebb92

#8eb7bb

Tetradic

#bb8ea0

#bba98e

#8ebba9

#8ea0bb

Square

#bb8ea0

#b7bb8e

#8ebba9

#928ebb

Shades

Color #bb8ea0 mixed toward black.

#a66c83

#895268

#673e4e

#442934

#22151a

Tints

Color #bb8ea0 mixed toward white.

#c6a1b0

#d2b4c0

#ddc6cf

#e8d9df

#f4ecef

Tones

Color #bb8ea0 mixed toward gray.

#b792a1

#b495a1

#b099a2

#ac9da3

#a8a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a99c · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#acaf9b · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#b99998 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb8ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb8ea0]

Related colors

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#bb8ea0 (#bb8ea0) is rgb(187, 142, 160) in RGB.

No, #bb8ea0 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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