#b248ea

Color #b248ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.4 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b248ea

RGB

rgb(178, 72, 234)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 79.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 69.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 69.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(51.88, 67.57, -63.3)

LCH

lch(51.88, 92.59, 316.87)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.2382, 311.31)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 28.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80ea48

Analogous

#6148ea

#b248ea

#ea48d1

Triadic

#b248ea

#eab248

#48eab2

Split-complementary

#b248ea

#d1ea48

#48ea61

Tetradic

#b248ea

#ea4880

#80ea48

#48eab2

Square

#b248ea

#ea6148

#80ea48

#48d1ea

Shades

Color #b248ea mixed toward black.

#9f1ae5

#7f15b7

#5f1089

#400b5b

#20052e

Tints

Color #b248ea mixed toward white.

#bf67ed

#cc85f1

#d9a4f4

#e5c2f8

#f2e1fb

Tones

Color #b248ea mixed toward gray.

#ae56dc

#aa63cf

#a671c1

#a17eb4

#9d8ca6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090d1 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#959ccb · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#afbbb5 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b248ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b248ea]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b248ea (#b248ea) is rgb(178, 72, 234) in RGB.

No, #b248ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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