#b579cb

Color #b579cb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.42 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b579cb

RGB

rgb(181, 121, 203)

HSL

hsl(283.9, 44.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.9, 40.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 40.4%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(59.72, 37.63, -33.35)

LCH

lch(59.72, 50.28, 318.45)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1338, 316.61)

HWB

hwb(283.9, 47.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fcb79

Analogous

#8c79cb

#b579cb

#cb79b8

Triadic

#b579cb

#cbb579

#79cbb5

Split-complementary

#b579cb

#b8cb79

#79cb8c

Tetradic

#b579cb

#cb798f

#8fcb79

#79cbb5

Square

#b579cb

#cb8c79

#8fcb79

#79b8cb

Shades

Color #b579cb mixed toward black.

#9f52bc

#823c9c

#622d75

#411e4e

#210f27

Tints

Color #b579cb mixed toward white.

#c18fd4

#cea6dc

#dabce5

#e6d2ee

#f3e9f6

Tones

Color #b579cb mixed toward gray.

#b280c4

#af87bd

#ab8db6

#a894b0

#a59ba9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ebb · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#a2a6b7 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#b3aeaa · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b579cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b579cb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b579cb (#b579cb) is rgb(181, 121, 203) in RGB.

No, #b579cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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