#b397ea

Color #b397ea

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.86 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b397ea

RGB

rgb(179, 151, 234)

HSL

hsl(260.2, 66.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.2, 35.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(67.77, 27.2, -38.09)

LCH

lch(67.77, 46.8, 305.53)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1208, 298.92)

HWB

hwb(260.2, 59.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceea97

Analogous

#97a5ea

#b397ea

#dc97ea

Triadic

#b397ea

#eab397

#97eab3

Split-complementary

#b397ea

#eadc97

#a5ea97

Tetradic

#b397ea

#ea97ce

#ceea97

#97eab3

Square

#b397ea

#ea97a5

#ceea97

#97eadc

Shades

Color #b397ea mixed toward black.

#8c62df

#652cd4

#4b20a0

#32166b

#190b35

Tints

Color #b397ea mixed toward white.

#c0a8ee

#ccbaf1

#d9cbf5

#e6dcf8

#f2eefc

Tones

Color #b397ea mixed toward gray.

#b59ee3

#b7a5dc

#baacd5

#bcb3ce

#bebac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7da · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#a9abd5 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#b2ccc8 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b397ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b397ea]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#b397ea (#b397ea) is rgb(179, 151, 234) in RGB.

No, #b397ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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