#b273ca

Color #b273ca

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b273ca

RGB

rgb(178, 115, 202)

HSL

hsl(283.4, 45.1%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.4, 43.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 43.1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(58.03, 39.8, -35.44)

LCH

lch(58.03, 53.29, 318.32)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1416, 316.2)

HWB

hwb(283.4, 45.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bca73

Analogous

#8773ca

#b273ca

#ca73b7

Triadic

#b273ca

#cab273

#73cab2

Split-complementary

#b273ca

#b7ca73

#73ca87

Tetradic

#b273ca

#ca738b

#8bca73

#73cab2

Square

#b273ca

#ca8773

#8bca73

#73b7ca

Shades

Color #b273ca mixed toward black.

#9d4dbc

#7f3a99

#5f2c73

#401d4d

#200f26

Tints

Color #b273ca mixed toward white.

#bf8ad3

#cca2dc

#d9b9e5

#e5d0ed

#f2e8f6

Tones

Color #b273ca mixed toward gray.

#af7ac3

#ac82bc

#a889b4

#a590ad

#a297a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9aba · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#9ea2b5 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#b0aba8 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b273ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b273ca]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b273ca (#b273ca) is rgb(178, 115, 202) in RGB.

No, #b273ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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