#b657ee

Color #b657ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b657ee

RGB

rgb(182, 87, 238)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 81.6%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 63.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(55.01, 62.7, -60.49)

LCH

lch(55.01, 87.12, 316.03)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.2245, 310.54)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 34.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fee57

Analogous

#6a57ee

#b657ee

#ee57db

Triadic

#b657ee

#eeb657

#57eeb6

Split-complementary

#b657ee

#dbee57

#57ee6a

Tetradic

#b657ee

#ee578f

#8fee57

#57eeb6

Square

#b657ee

#ee6a57

#8fee57

#57dbee

Shades

Color #b657ee mixed toward black.

#a026e9

#8314c5

#620f93

#410a62

#210531

Tints

Color #b657ee mixed toward white.

#c273f1

#ce8ff4

#daabf6

#e7c7f9

#f3e3fc

Tones

Color #b657ee mixed toward gray.

#b363e1

#af70d5

#ac7dc8

#a989bc

#a696af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d6 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#9ba1cf · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#b3c0bb · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b657ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b657ee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b657ee (#b657ee) is rgb(182, 87, 238) in RGB.

No, #b657ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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