#b232cd

Color #b232cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b232cd

RGB

rgb(178, 50, 205)

HSL

hsl(289.5, 60.8%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.5, 75.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(47.18, 70.07, -54.36)

LCH

lch(47.18, 88.68, 322.2)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.2367, 319.88)

HWB

hwb(289.5, 19.6%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4dcd32

Analogous

#6432cd

#b232cd

#cd329b

Triadic

#b232cd

#cdb232

#32cdb2

Split-complementary

#b232cd

#9bcd32

#32cd64

Tetradic

#b232cd

#cd324d

#4dcd32

#32cdb2

Square

#b232cd

#cd6432

#4dcd32

#329bcd

Shades

Color #b232cd mixed toward black.

#942aab

#772189

#591967

#3b1144

#1e0822

Tints

Color #b232cd mixed toward white.

#bf54d5

#cc76de

#d898e6

#e5bbee

#f2ddf7

Tones

Color #b232cd mixed toward gray.

#a93fc0

#a14cb3

#9959a6

#906699

#88738c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cb6 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#939ab1 · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#aea29d · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b232cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b232cd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b232cd (#b232cd) is rgb(178, 50, 205) in RGB.

No, #b232cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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