#b25ce6

Color #b25ce6

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b25ce6

RGB

rgb(178, 92, 230)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 73.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 60%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(54.9, 57.72, -56.2)

LCH

lch(54.9, 80.56, 315.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.2082, 310.56)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 36.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90e65c

Analogous

#6d5ce6

#b25ce6

#e65cd5

Triadic

#b25ce6

#e6b25c

#5ce6b2

Split-complementary

#b25ce6

#d5e65c

#5ce66d

Tetradic

#b25ce6

#e65c90

#90e65c

#5ce6b2

Square

#b25ce6

#e66d5c

#90e65c

#5cd5e6

Shades

Color #b25ce6 mixed toward black.

#9c2ddf

#7f1dba

#5f158c

#3f0e5d

#20072f

Tints

Color #b25ce6 mixed toward white.

#bf77ea

#cc92ee

#d8adf2

#e5c9f7

#f2e4fb

Tones

Color #b25ce6 mixed toward gray.

#af67da

#ac73cf

#a97ec3

#a78ab8

#a495ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594cf · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#999ec9 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#afbbb6 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 28.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b25ce6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b25ce6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b25ce6 (#b25ce6) is rgb(178, 92, 230) in RGB.

No, #b25ce6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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