#b855f0

Color #b855f0

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b855f0

RGB

rgb(184, 85, 240)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 83.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 64.6%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(55.05, 64.47, -61.52)

LCH

lch(55.05, 89.11, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.2298, 310.92)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 33.3%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8df055

Analogous

#6a55f0

#b855f0

#f055db

Triadic

#b855f0

#f0b855

#55f0b8

Split-complementary

#b855f0

#dbf055

#55f06a

Tetradic

#b855f0

#f0558d

#8df055

#55f0b8

Square

#b855f0

#f06a55

#8df055

#55dbf0

Shades

Color #b855f0 mixed toward black.

#a323ec

#8512c7

#640d95

#430964

#210432

Tints

Color #b855f0 mixed toward white.

#c471f3

#d08ef5

#dbaaf8

#e7c6fa

#f3e3fd

Tones

Color #b855f0 mixed toward gray.

#b462e3

#b16fd6

#ad7cc9

#aa89bc

#a696af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d7 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#9ca2d1 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#b5c1bc · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b855f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b855f0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b855f0 (#b855f0) is rgb(184, 85, 240) in RGB.

No, #b855f0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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