#b9acc8

Color #b9acc8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b9acc8

RGB

rgb(185, 172, 200)

HSL

hsl(267.9, 20.3%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.9, 14%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(72.22, 9.96, -12.54)

LCH

lch(72.22, 16.01, 308.46)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0418, 306.35)

HWB

hwb(267.9, 67.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbc8ac

Analogous

#acadc8

#b9acc8

#c7acc8

Triadic

#b9acc8

#c8b9ac

#acc8b9

Split-complementary

#b9acc8

#c8c7ac

#adc8ac

Tetradic

#b9acc8

#c8acbb

#bbc8ac

#acc8b9

Square

#b9acc8

#c8acad

#bbc8ac

#acc8c7

Shades

Color #b9acc8 mixed toward black.

#9987af

#7a6395

#5c4a70

#3d314b

#1f1925

Tints

Color #b9acc8 mixed toward white.

#c5bad1

#d0c8da

#dcd5e3

#e8e3ed

#f3f1f6

Tones

Color #b9acc8 mixed toward gray.

#b9aec6

#b9b1c3

#b9b3c1

#bab5bf

#bab8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b3c2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#b4b5c0 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#b8bdbb · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9acc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9acc8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b9acc8 (#b9acc8) is rgb(185, 172, 200) in RGB.

No, #b9acc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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