#b161e5

Color #b161e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b161e5

RGB

rgb(177, 97, 229)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 71.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 57.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.64, 54.8, -54.47)

LCH

lch(55.64, 77.27, 315.17)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1996, 309.88)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 38%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95e561

Analogous

#6f61e5

#b161e5

#e561d7

Triadic

#b161e5

#e5b161

#61e5b1

Split-complementary

#b161e5

#d7e561

#61e56f

Tetradic

#b161e5

#e56195

#95e561

#61e5b1

Square

#b161e5

#e56f61

#95e561

#61d7e5

Shades

Color #b161e5 mixed toward black.

#9a32dd

#7d1fbb

#5e178c

#3f0f5d

#1f082f

Tints

Color #b161e5 mixed toward white.

#be7be9

#cb96ee

#d8b0f2

#e5caf6

#f2e5fb

Tones

Color #b161e5 mixed toward gray.

#af6cda

#ac77cf

#aa82c4

#a88db9

#a598ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594cf · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#999ec9 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#aebbb6 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b161e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b161e5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b161e5 (#b161e5) is rgb(177, 97, 229) in RGB.

No, #b161e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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