#b178d8

Color #b178d8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b178d8

RGB

rgb(177, 120, 216)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 55.2%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 44.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(59.65, 39.79, -40.81)

LCH

lch(59.65, 57, 314.27)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1488, 310.28)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 47.1%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fd878

Analogous

#8178d8

#b178d8

#d878cf

Triadic

#b178d8

#d8b178

#78d8b1

Split-complementary

#b178d8

#cfd878

#78d881

Tetradic

#b178d8

#d8789f

#9fd878

#78d8b1

Square

#b178d8

#d88178

#9fd878

#78cfd8

Shades

Color #b178d8 mixed toward black.

#984dcb

#7c32ae

#5d2682

#3e1957

#1f0d2b

Tints

Color #b178d8 mixed toward white.

#be8fdf

#cba5e5

#d8bcec

#e5d2f2

#f2e9f9

Tones

Color #b178d8 mixed toward gray.

#b080d0

#ae88c8

#ad90c0

#ab98b8

#aaa0b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bc6 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#9fa3c2 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#afb7b3 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b178d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b178d8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b178d8 (#b178d8) is rgb(177, 120, 216) in RGB.

No, #b178d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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