#b142cc

Color #b142cc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b142cc

RGB

rgb(177, 66, 204)

HSL

hsl(288.3, 57.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.3, 67.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(49.01, 63.86, -50.85)

LCH

lch(49.01, 81.63, 321.47)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.2176, 319.14)

HWB

hwb(288.3, 25.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5dcc42

Analogous

#6c42cc

#b142cc

#cc42a2

Triadic

#b142cc

#ccb142

#42ccb1

Split-complementary

#b142cc

#a2cc42

#42cc6c

Tetradic

#b142cc

#cc425d

#5dcc42

#42ccb1

Square

#b142cc

#cc6c42

#5dcc42

#42a2cc

Shades

Color #b142cc mixed toward black.

#9830b1

#79268e

#5b1d6a

#3d1347

#1e0a23

Tints

Color #b142cc mixed toward white.

#be61d4

#cb81dd

#d8a0e5

#e5c0ee

#f2dff6

Tones

Color #b142cc mixed toward gray.

#aa4dc0

#a359b5

#9c64a9

#95709e

#8e7b92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8eb7 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#949ab1 · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#ada39e · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b142cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b142cc]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b142cc (#b142cc) is rgb(177, 66, 204) in RGB.

No, #b142cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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