#b374cb

Color #b374cb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b374cb

RGB

rgb(179, 116, 203)

HSL

hsl(283.4, 45.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.4, 42.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 42.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(58.4, 39.76, -35.42)

LCH

lch(58.4, 53.25, 318.3)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1415, 316.2)

HWB

hwb(283.4, 45.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ccb74

Analogous

#8774cb

#b374cb

#cb74b7

Triadic

#b374cb

#cbb374

#74cbb3

Split-complementary

#b374cb

#b7cb74

#74cb87

Tetradic

#b374cb

#cb748c

#8ccb74

#74cbb3

Square

#b374cb

#cb8774

#8ccb74

#74b7cb

Shades

Color #b374cb mixed toward black.

#9e4dbc

#803a9b

#602b74

#401d4d

#200e27

Tints

Color #b374cb mixed toward white.

#c08bd4

#cca2dc

#d9b9e5

#e6d1ee

#f2e8f6

Tones

Color #b374cb mixed toward gray.

#b07bc4

#ac82bc

#a98ab5

#a691ae

#a398a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bbb · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#9fa3b6 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#b1aca9 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b374cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b374cb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b374cb (#b374cb) is rgb(179, 116, 203) in RGB.

No, #b374cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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