#b16bde

Color #b16bde

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b16bde

RGB

rgb(177, 107, 222)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 63.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 51.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(57.21, 48.11, -48.04)

LCH

lch(57.21, 67.99, 315.04)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1768, 310.5)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 42%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98de6b

Analogous

#776bde

#b16bde

#de6bd2

Triadic

#b16bde

#deb16b

#6bdeb1

Split-complementary

#b16bde

#d2de6b

#6bde77

Tetradic

#b16bde

#de6b98

#98de6b

#6bdeb1

Square

#b16bde

#de776b

#98de6b

#6bd2de

Shades

Color #b16bde mixed toward black.

#993ed4

#7d28b3

#5e1e86

#3e145a

#1f0a2d

Tints

Color #b16bde mixed toward white.

#be84e3

#cb9ce9

#d8b5ee

#e5cef4

#f2e6f9

Tones

Color #b16bde mixed toward gray.

#af75d4

#ad7ecb

#ab88c1

#a991b8

#a79bae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897ca · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#9ba0c5 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#aeb8b3 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b16bde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b16bde]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b16bde (#b16bde) is rgb(177, 107, 222) in RGB.

No, #b16bde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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