#b959e5

Color #b959e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b959e5

RGB

rgb(185, 89, 229)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 72.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 61.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.19, 60.57, -55.12)

LCH

lch(55.19, 81.9, 317.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.2138, 313.62)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 34.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85e559

Analogous

#7359e5

#b959e5

#e559cb

Triadic

#b959e5

#e5b959

#59e5b9

Split-complementary

#b959e5

#cbe559

#59e573

Tetradic

#b959e5

#e55985

#85e559

#59e5b9

Square

#b959e5

#e57359

#85e559

#59cbe5

Shades

Color #b959e5 mixed toward black.

#a62bde

#871db7

#65168a

#430e5c

#22072e

Tints

Color #b959e5 mixed toward white.

#c575e9

#d090ee

#dcacf2

#e8c8f6

#f3e3fb

Tones

Color #b959e5 mixed toward gray.

#b565d9

#b071ce

#ac7cc2

#a888b6

#a393ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

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

#9998ce · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#9ea4c8 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#b6b9b4 · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b959e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b959e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b959e5 (#b959e5) is rgb(185, 89, 229) in RGB.

No, #b959e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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