#b897d5

Color #b897d5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b897d5

RGB

rgb(184, 151, 213)

HSL

hsl(271.9, 42.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.9, 29.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(67.37, 24, -27.08)

LCH

lch(67.37, 36.18, 311.55)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0947, 308.44)

HWB

hwb(271.9, 59.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4d597

Analogous

#9997d5

#b897d5

#d597d3

Triadic

#b897d5

#d5b897

#97d5b8

Split-complementary

#b897d5

#d3d597

#97d599

Tetradic

#b897d5

#d597b4

#b4d597

#97d5b8

Square

#b897d5

#d59997

#b4d597

#97d3d5

Shades

Color #b897d5 mixed toward black.

#9b6cc4

#7d46ad

#5d3482

#3e2356

#1f112b

Tints

Color #b897d5 mixed toward white.

#c4a8dc

#d0bae3

#dccbea

#e7dcf1

#f3eef8

Tones

Color #b897d5 mixed toward gray.

#b89cd0

#b7a1cb

#b7a7c6

#b7acc0

#b6b1bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaac8 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#adafc5 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#b7bdbb · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b897d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b897d5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b897d5 (#b897d5) is rgb(184, 151, 213) in RGB.

No, #b897d5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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