#bbabc6

Color #bbabc6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbabc6

RGB

rgb(187, 171, 198)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 19.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 13.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(72.07, 10.79, -11.64)

LCH

lch(72.07, 15.87, 312.83)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0419, 311.61)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 67.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6c6ab

Analogous

#aeabc6

#bbabc6

#c6abc4

Triadic

#bbabc6

#c6bbab

#abc6bb

Split-complementary

#bbabc6

#c4c6ab

#abc6ae

Tetradic

#bbabc6

#c6abb6

#b6c6ab

#abc6bb

Square

#bbabc6

#c6aeab

#b6c6ab

#abc4c6

Shades

Color #bbabc6 mixed toward black.

#9d87ad

#7f6493

#604b6e

#403249

#201925

Tints

Color #bbabc6 mixed toward white.

#c6b9d0

#d2c7d9

#ddd5e3

#e8e3ec

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #bbabc6 mixed toward gray.

#bbadc4

#bab0c2

#bab2bf

#b9b4bd

#b9b6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c0 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#b5b6be · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#babbba · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbabc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbabc6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bbabc6 (#bbabc6) is rgb(187, 171, 198) in RGB.

No, #bbabc6 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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