#b359f2

Color #b359f2

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b359f2

RGB

rgb(179, 89, 242)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 85.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 63.2%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 63.2%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(55.22, 61.98, -62.4)

LCH

lch(55.22, 87.95, 314.81)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.2249, 308.39)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 34.9%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98f259

Analogous

#6659f2

#b359f2

#f259e5

Triadic

#b359f2

#f2b359

#59f2b3

Split-complementary

#b359f2

#e5f259

#59f266

Tetradic

#b359f2

#f25998

#98f259

#59f2b3

Square

#b359f2

#f26659

#98f259

#59e5f2

Shades

Color #b359f2 mixed toward black.

#9c26ee

#7f10cd

#5f0c99

#3f0866

#200433

Tints

Color #b359f2 mixed toward white.

#c075f4

#cc90f6

#d9acf9

#e6c8fb

#f2e3fd

Tones

Color #b359f2 mixed toward gray.

#b166e5

#af72d9

#ac7fcc

#aa8cbf

#a899b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594d9 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#999fd3 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#b0c3be · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b359f2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b359f2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b359f2 (#b359f2) is rgb(179, 89, 242) in RGB.

No, #b359f2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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