#b56af1

Color #b56af1

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b56af1

RGB

rgb(181, 106, 241)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 82.8%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 56%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 56%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(58.49, 53.87, -56.58)

LCH

lch(58.49, 78.12, 313.59)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.2007, 307.45)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 41.6%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6f16a

Analogous

#716af1

#b56af1

#f16aea

Triadic

#b56af1

#f1b56a

#6af1b5

Split-complementary

#b56af1

#eaf16a

#6af171

Tetradic

#b56af1

#f16aa6

#a6f16a

#6af1b5

Square

#b56af1

#f1716a

#a6f16a

#6aeaf1

Shades

Color #b56af1 mixed toward black.

#9b35ec

#7e14d3

#5f0f9e

#3f0a6a

#200535

Tints

Color #b56af1 mixed toward white.

#c183f3

#ce9cf6

#dab4f8

#e6cdfa

#f3e6fd

Tones

Color #b56af1 mixed toward gray.

#b475e6

#b280da

#b18ccf

#b097c4

#afa2b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ada · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#9ea3d4 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#b2c5c1 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b56af1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b56af1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b56af1 (#b56af1) is rgb(181, 106, 241) in RGB.

No, #b56af1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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