#b36bed

Color #b36bed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b36bed

RGB

rgb(179, 107, 237)

HSL

hsl(273.2, 78.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.2, 54.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(58.24, 51.96, -54.77)

LCH

lch(58.24, 75.5, 313.49)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.1941, 307.51)

HWB

hwb(273.2, 42%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5ed6b

Analogous

#726bed

#b36bed

#ed6be6

Triadic

#b36bed

#edb36b

#6bedb3

Split-complementary

#b36bed

#e6ed6b

#6bed72

Tetradic

#b36bed

#ed6ba5

#a5ed6b

#6bedb3

Square

#b36bed

#ed726b

#a5ed6b

#6be6ed

Shades

Color #b36bed mixed toward black.

#9938e7

#7c19cd

#5d1399

#3e0c66

#1f0633

Tints

Color #b36bed mixed toward white.

#c084f0

#cc9cf3

#d9b5f6

#e6cef9

#f2e6fc

Tones

Color #b36bed mixed toward gray.

#b276e2

#b181d7

#b08ccd

#ae96c2

#ada1b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999d7 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#9da2d1 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#b0c3be · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b36bed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b36bed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b36bed (#b36bed) is rgb(179, 107, 237) in RGB.

No, #b36bed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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