#b163e3

Color #b163e3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b163e3

RGB

rgb(177, 99, 227)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 69.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 56.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 56.4%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(55.9, 53.35, -52.92)

LCH

lch(55.9, 75.14, 315.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.1945, 310.18)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 38.8%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95e363

Analogous

#7163e3

#b163e3

#e363d5

Triadic

#b163e3

#e3b163

#63e3b1

Split-complementary

#b163e3

#d5e363

#63e371

Tetradic

#b163e3

#e36395

#95e363

#63e3b1

Square

#b163e3

#e37163

#95e363

#63d5e3

Shades

Color #b163e3 mixed toward black.

#9a35db

#7d21b8

#5e198a

#3f115c

#1f082e

Tints

Color #b163e3 mixed toward white.

#be7de8

#cb97ec

#d8b1f1

#e5cbf6

#f2e5fa

Tones

Color #b163e3 mixed toward gray.

#af6ed8

#ac78ce

#aa83c3

#a88eb8

#a598ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695cd · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#9a9fc8 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#aebab5 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b163e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b163e3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b163e3 (#b163e3) is rgb(177, 99, 227) in RGB.

No, #b163e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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