#b374e3

Color #b374e3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b374e3

RGB

rgb(179, 116, 227)

HSL

hsl(274.1, 66.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.1, 48.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(59.54, 44.96, -47.12)

LCH

lch(59.54, 65.13, 313.66)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1688, 308.72)

HWB

hwb(274.1, 45.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4e374

Analogous

#7c74e3

#b374e3

#e374db

Triadic

#b374e3

#e3b374

#74e3b3

Split-complementary

#b374e3

#dbe374

#74e37c

Tetradic

#b374e3

#e374a4

#a4e374

#74e3b3

Square

#b374e3

#e37c74

#a4e374

#74dbe3

Shades

Color #b374e3 mixed toward black.

#9945d9

#7d26be

#5e1d8f

#3e135f

#1f0a30

Tints

Color #b374e3 mixed toward white.

#c08be8

#cca2ec

#d9baf1

#e6d1f6

#f2e8fa

Tones

Color #b374e3 mixed toward gray.

#b27dda

#b187d1

#af90c7

#ae99be

#ada2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bcf · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa3ca · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#b1bdb9 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b374e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b374e3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b374e3 (#b374e3) is rgb(179, 116, 227) in RGB.

No, #b374e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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