#b971ea

Color #b971ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b971ea

RGB

rgb(185, 113, 234)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 74.2%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 51.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 51.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(59.95, 49.69, -50.35)

LCH

lch(59.95, 70.74, 314.62)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.1836, 309.83)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 44.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2ea71

Analogous

#7c71ea

#b971ea

#ea71de

Triadic

#b971ea

#eab971

#71eab9

Split-complementary

#b971ea

#deea71

#71ea7c

Tetradic

#b971ea

#ea71a2

#a2ea71

#71eab9

Square

#b971ea

#ea7c71

#a2ea71

#71deea

Shades

Color #b971ea mixed toward black.

#a03fe2

#841ec9

#631697

#420f65

#210732

Tints

Color #b971ea mixed toward white.

#c589ed

#d0a0f1

#dcb8f4

#e8d0f8

#f3e7fb

Tones

Color #b971ea mixed toward gray.

#b77be0

#b585d6

#b38fcc

#b199c2

#afa3b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ed5 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a8cf · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#b6c2bd · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b971ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b971ea]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b971ea (#b971ea) is rgb(185, 113, 234) in RGB.

No, #b971ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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