#b898c6

Color #b898c6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b898c6

RGB

rgb(184, 152, 198)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 28.7%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 23.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(67.07, 20.3, -19.21)

LCH

lch(67.07, 27.95, 316.58)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0743, 315.49)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 59.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6c698

Analogous

#a198c6

#b898c6

#c698bd

Triadic

#b898c6

#c6b898

#98c6b8

Split-complementary

#b898c6

#bdc698

#98c6a1

Tetradic

#b898c6

#c698a6

#a6c698

#98c6b8

Square

#b898c6

#c6a198

#a6c698

#98bdc6

Shades

Color #b898c6 mixed toward black.

#9e72b1

#825396

#613e71

#412a4b

#201526

Tints

Color #b898c6 mixed toward white.

#c4a9cf

#d0bad9

#dbcbe2

#e7ddec

#f3eef5

Tones

Color #b898c6 mixed toward gray.

#b69cc2

#b5a0be

#b3a3ba

#b2a7b7

#b0abb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbc · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#adafba · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#b7b4b2 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b898c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b898c6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b898c6 (#b898c6) is rgb(184, 152, 198) in RGB.

No, #b898c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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