#b265e4

Color #b265e4

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b265e4

RGB

rgb(178, 101, 228)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 70.2%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 55.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 55.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(56.46, 52.8, -52.59)

LCH

lch(56.46, 74.52, 315.11)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.1929, 310.08)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 39.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97e465

Analogous

#7265e4

#b265e4

#e465d6

Triadic

#b265e4

#e4b265

#65e4b2

Split-complementary

#b265e4

#d6e465

#65e472

Tetradic

#b265e4

#e46597

#97e465

#65e4b2

Square

#b265e4

#e47265

#97e465

#65d6e4

Shades

Color #b265e4 mixed toward black.

#9b36dc

#7e21bb

#5f198c

#3f105d

#20082f

Tints

Color #b265e4 mixed toward white.

#bf7fe9

#cc98ed

#d9b2f2

#e5ccf6

#f2e5fb

Tones

Color #b265e4 mixed toward gray.

#b070d9

#ae7acf

#ab85c4

#a98fba

#a79aaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796ce · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#9ba0c9 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#afbbb6 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b265e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b265e4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b265e4 (#b265e4) is rgb(178, 101, 228) in RGB.

No, #b265e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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