#bb9ec6

Color #bb9ec6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb9ec6

RGB

rgb(187, 158, 198)

HSL

hsl(283.5, 26%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.5, 20.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(68.82, 17.97, -16.53)

LCH

lch(68.82, 24.42, 317.39)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.065, 316.68)

HWB

hwb(283.5, 62%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9c69e

Analogous

#a79ec6

#bb9ec6

#c69ebd

Triadic

#bb9ec6

#c6bb9e

#9ec6bb

Split-complementary

#bb9ec6

#bdc69e

#9ec6a7

Tetradic

#bb9ec6

#c69ea9

#a9c69e

#9ec6bb

Square

#bb9ec6

#c6a79e

#a9c69e

#9ebdc6

Shades

Color #bb9ec6 mixed toward black.

#a179b0

#855896

#634270

#422c4b

#211625

Tints

Color #bb9ec6 mixed toward white.

#c6aed0

#d2bed9

#ddcee3

#e8dfec

#f4eff6

Tones

Color #bb9ec6 mixed toward gray.

#b9a1c3

#b8a5bf

#b6a8bc

#b5abb9

#b3afb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafbd · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b3bb · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#bab6b4 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb9ec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb9ec6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb9ec6 (#bb9ec6) is rgb(187, 158, 198) in RGB.

No, #bb9ec6 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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