#b896fb

Color #b896fb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b896fb

RGB

rgb(184, 150, 251)

HSL

hsl(260.2, 92.7%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.2, 40.2%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 40.2%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(68.73, 33.19, -45.85)

LCH

lch(68.73, 56.6, 305.9)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.1454, 298.33)

HWB

hwb(260.2, 58.8%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9fb96

Analogous

#96a6fb

#b896fb

#ea96fb

Triadic

#b896fb

#fbb896

#96fbb8

Split-complementary

#b896fb

#fbea96

#a6fb96

Tetradic

#b896fb

#fb96d9

#d9fb96

#96fbb8

Square

#b896fb

#fb96a6

#d9fb96

#96fbea

Shades

Color #b896fb mixed toward black.

#8c55f9

#6115f6

#4607c1

#2f0581

#170240

Tints

Color #b896fb mixed toward white.

#c4a7fc

#d0b9fc

#dbcafd

#e7dcfe

#f3edfe

Tones

Color #b896fb mixed toward gray.

#bb9ef3

#bda7ea

#c0afe2

#c3b8d9

#c6c0d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaae8 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#acafe3 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#b6d7d3 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b896fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b896fb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#b896fb (#b896fb) is rgb(184, 150, 251) in RGB.

No, #b896fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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