#b551e5

Color #b551e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b551e5

RGB

rgb(181, 81, 229)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 74%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 64.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(53.35, 63.31, -58.1)

LCH

lch(53.35, 85.93, 317.46)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.2232, 312.86)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 31.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81e551

Analogous

#6b51e5

#b551e5

#e551cb

Triadic

#b551e5

#e5b551

#51e5b5

Split-complementary

#b551e5

#cbe551

#51e56b

Tetradic

#b551e5

#e55181

#81e551

#51e5b5

Square

#b551e5

#e56b51

#81e551

#51cbe5

Shades

Color #b551e5 mixed toward black.

#a224de

#821bb4

#621487

#410d5a

#21072d

Tints

Color #b551e5 mixed toward white.

#c16ee9

#ce8bee

#daa8f2

#e6c5f6

#f3e2fb

Tones

Color #b551e5 mixed toward gray.

#b15dd9

#ac6acc

#a876c0

#a482b4

#9f8fa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494cd · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#999fc7 · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#b2b8b3 · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b551e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b551e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b551e5 (#b551e5) is rgb(181, 81, 229) in RGB.

No, #b551e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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