#b266d5

Color #b266d5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#b266d5

RGB

rgb(178, 102, 213)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 56.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 52.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 52.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(55.86, 49.05, -45.09)

LCH

lch(55.86, 66.63, 317.41)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1752, 314.1)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 40%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89d566

Analogous

#7b66d5

#b266d5

#d566c1

Triadic

#b266d5

#d5b266

#66d5b2

Split-complementary

#b266d5

#c1d566

#66d57b

Tetradic

#b266d5

#d56689

#89d566

#66d5b2

Square

#b266d5

#d57b66

#89d566

#66c1d5

Shades

Color #b266d5 mixed toward black.

#9d3dca

#7f2da5

#5f227c

#401752

#200b29

Tints

Color #b266d5 mixed toward white.

#bf80dc

#cc99e3

#d9b3ea

#e5ccf1

#f2e6f8

Tones

Color #b266d5 mixed toward gray.

#af6fcc

#ab79c3

#a882b9

#a48bb0

#a194a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796c2 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#9ba0bc · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#afb0ac · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b266d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b266d5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b266d5 (#b266d5) is rgb(178, 102, 213) in RGB.

No, #b266d5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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