#b151d9

Color #b151d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b151d9

RGB

rgb(177, 81, 217)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 64.2%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 62.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(52.11, 59.95, -53.33)

LCH

lch(52.11, 80.24, 318.34)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.2101, 314.56)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 31.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79d951

Analogous

#6d51d9

#b151d9

#d951bd

Triadic

#b151d9

#d9b151

#51d9b1

Split-complementary

#b151d9

#bdd951

#51d96d

Tetradic

#b151d9

#d95179

#79d951

#51d9b1

Square

#b151d9

#d96d51

#79d951

#51bdd9

Shades

Color #b151d9 mixed toward black.

#9d2ccc

#7e24a3

#5e1b7a

#3f1252

#1f0929

Tints

Color #b151d9 mixed toward white.

#be6edf

#cb8be6

#d8a8ec

#e5c5f2

#f2e2f9

Tones

Color #b151d9 mixed toward gray.

#ac5cce

#a868c2

#a373b7

#9e7eac

#9a8aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191c3 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#969cbd · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#aeafaa · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 28.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b151d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b151d9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b151d9 (#b151d9) is rgb(177, 81, 217) in RGB.

No, #b151d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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