#b36ce2

Color #b36ce2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.07 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b36ce2

RGB

rgb(179, 108, 226)

HSL

hsl(276.1, 67%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.1, 52.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.85, 48.99, -49.25)

LCH

lch(57.85, 69.47, 314.85)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1803, 310.12)

HWB

hwb(276.1, 42.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9be26c

Analogous

#786ce2

#b36ce2

#e26cd6

Triadic

#b36ce2

#e2b36c

#6ce2b3

Split-complementary

#b36ce2

#d6e26c

#6ce278

Tetradic

#b36ce2

#e26c9b

#9be26c

#6ce2b3

Square

#b36ce2

#e2786c

#9be26c

#6cd6e2

Shades

Color #b36ce2 mixed toward black.

#9b3ed9

#7f25ba

#5f1c8b

#3f125d

#20092e

Tints

Color #b36ce2 mixed toward white.

#c085e7

#cc9dec

#d9b6f0

#e6cef5

#f2e7fa

Tones

Color #b36ce2 mixed toward gray.

#b176d8

#af80ce

#ad8ac4

#ab93bb

#a99db1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999cd · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#9da2c8 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#b0bbb6 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b36ce2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b36ce2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b36ce2 (#b36ce2) is rgb(179, 108, 226) in RGB.

No, #b36ce2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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