#b159c8

Color #b159c8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.87 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b159c8

RGB

rgb(177, 89, 200)

HSL

hsl(287.6, 50.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.6, 55.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(52.58, 52.7, -42.88)

LCH

lch(52.58, 67.94, 320.87)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.1816, 318.93)

HWB

hwb(287.6, 34.9%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70c859

Analogous

#7a59c8

#b159c8

#c859a7

Triadic

#b159c8

#c8b159

#59c8b1

Split-complementary

#b159c8

#a7c859

#59c87a

Tetradic

#b159c8

#c85970

#70c859

#59c8b1

Square

#b159c8

#c87a59

#70c859

#59a7c8

Shades

Color #b159c8 mixed toward black.

#9c3cb5

#7d3091

#5e246d

#3e1848

#1f0c24

Tints

Color #b159c8 mixed toward white.

#be75d1

#cb90da

#d8ace4

#e5c8ed

#f2e3f6

Tones

Color #b159c8 mixed toward gray.

#ac62bf

#a66cb6

#a175ac

#9b7ea3

#96879a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9392b5 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#989db0 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#aea4a0 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b159c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b159c8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b159c8 (#b159c8) is rgb(177, 89, 200) in RGB.

No, #b159c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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