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#B48EAD Rosy Brown

The nearest named color to #B48EAD is Rosy Brown (#BC8F8F).

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#B48EAD

Rosy Brown

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #B48EAD?

HEX
#B48EAD
RGB
rgb(180, 142, 173)
HSL
hsl(311, 20%, 63%)
OKLCH
oklch(69.2% 0.062 333)
CMYK
0, 21, 4, 29

#B48EAD has a contrast ratio of 2.83:1 against white and 7.41:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #B48EAD
#B48EAD
Same color
White
2.8Fail
Near-black
6.2AA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #B48EAD · 6.2:1

Tints and shades of #B48EAD

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #FFF0FC
  2. #EFC7E8
  3. #CFA8C8
  4. #B48EAD
  5. #936E8C
  6. #765370
  7. #5A3954
  8. #3F203A
  9. #260922

Colors that go with #B48EAD

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Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. No two swatches become hard to tell apart here.

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:root {
  --rosy-brown-1: #B48EAD; /* Rosy Brown */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #B48EAD

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (13)

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Mesh gradients (1)