#b85deb

Color #b85deb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b85deb

RGB

rgb(184, 93, 235)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 78%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 60.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(56.11, 59.71, -57.03)

LCH

lch(56.11, 82.57, 316.32)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.2139, 311.42)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 36.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90eb5d

Analogous

#715deb

#b85deb

#eb5dd7

Triadic

#b85deb

#ebb85d

#5debb8

Split-complementary

#b85deb

#d7eb5d

#5deb71

Tetradic

#b85deb

#eb5d90

#90eb5d

#5debb8

Square

#b85deb

#eb715d

#90eb5d

#5dd7eb

Shades

Color #b85deb mixed toward black.

#a32ce5

#8518c3

#641292

#430c61

#210631

Tints

Color #b85deb mixed toward white.

#c478ee

#d093f2

#dcaef5

#e7c9f8

#f3e4fc

Tones

Color #b85deb mixed toward gray.

#b569df

#b175d3

#ae80c7

#ab8cbc

#a798b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998d4 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#9ea3ce · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#b5bfba · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b85deb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b85deb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b85deb (#b85deb) is rgb(184, 93, 235) in RGB.

No, #b85deb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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