#b97dca

Color #b97dca

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#b97dca

RGB

rgb(185, 125, 202)

HSL

hsl(286.8, 42.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.8, 38.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 38.1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(61, 36.45, -30.76)

LCH

lch(61, 47.69, 319.84)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1277, 318.59)

HWB

hwb(286.8, 49%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eca7d

Analogous

#927dca

#b97dca

#ca7db4

Triadic

#b97dca

#cab97d

#7dcab9

Split-complementary

#b97dca

#b4ca7d

#7dca92

Tetradic

#b97dca

#ca7d8e

#8eca7d

#7dcab9

Square

#b97dca

#ca927d

#8eca7d

#7db4ca

Shades

Color #b97dca mixed toward black.

#a456ba

#873f9b

#652f74

#43204d

#221027

Tints

Color #b97dca mixed toward white.

#c593d3

#d0a8dc

#dcbee4

#e8d4ed

#f3e9f6

Tones

Color #b97dca mixed toward gray.

#b583c4

#b28abd

#ae90b7

#ab97b0

#a79daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2bb · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#a6aab7 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#b7aeab · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b97dca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b97dca]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b97dca (#b97dca) is rgb(185, 125, 202) in RGB.

No, #b97dca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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