#b316d9

Color #b316d9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b316d9

RGB

rgb(179, 22, 217)

HSL

hsl(288.3, 81.6%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.3, 89.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 89.9%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(45.86, 78.99, -63.37)

LCH

lch(45.86, 101.27, 321.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.2663, 317.83)

HWB

hwb(288.3, 8.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3cd916

Analogous

#5216d9

#b316d9

#d9169e

Triadic

#b316d9

#d9b316

#16d9b3

Split-complementary

#b316d9

#9ed916

#16d952

Tetradic

#b316d9

#d9163c

#3cd916

#16d9b3

Square

#b316d9

#d95216

#3cd916

#169ed9

Shades

Color #b316d9 mixed toward black.

#9512b5

#770f91

#5a0b6d

#3c0748

#1e0424

Tints

Color #b316d9 mixed toward white.

#c632ea

#d25bee

#dd84f3

#e8adf7

#f4d6fb

Tones

Color #b316d9 mixed toward gray.

#a926c9

#9f37b9

#9547a8

#8b5798

#826788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ac0 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#9199ba · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#afa9a3 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 30.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b316d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b316d9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b316d9 (#b316d9) is rgb(179, 22, 217) in RGB.

No, #b316d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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