#b955f0

Color #b955f0

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b955f0

RGB

rgb(185, 85, 240)

HSL

hsl(278.7, 83.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.7, 64.6%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(55.18, 64.68, -61.31)

LCH

lch(55.18, 89.12, 316.53)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.23, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(278.7, 33.3%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cf055

Analogous

#6b55f0

#b955f0

#f055da

Triadic

#b955f0

#f0b955

#55f0b9

Split-complementary

#b955f0

#daf055

#55f06b

Tetradic

#b955f0

#f0558c

#8cf055

#55f0b9

Square

#b955f0

#f06b55

#8cf055

#55daf0

Shades

Color #b955f0 mixed toward black.

#a423ec

#8712c7

#650d95

#430964

#220432

Tints

Color #b955f0 mixed toward white.

#c571f3

#d08ef5

#dcaaf8

#e8c6fa

#f3e3fd

Tones

Color #b955f0 mixed toward gray.

#b562e3

#b16fd6

#ae7cc9

#aa89bc

#a696af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897d7 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#9da3d1 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#b6c1bc · ΔE 35.4

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: #b955f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b955f0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b955f0 (#b955f0) is rgb(185, 85, 240) in RGB.

No, #b955f0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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