#b98ae7

Color #b98ae7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b98ae7

RGB

rgb(185, 138, 231)

HSL

hsl(270.3, 66%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.3, 40.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(65.17, 35.5, -40.45)

LCH

lch(65.17, 53.82, 311.27)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1397, 306.44)

HWB

hwb(270.3, 54.1%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8e78a

Analogous

#8b8ae7

#b98ae7

#e78ae7

Triadic

#b98ae7

#e7b98a

#8ae7b9

Split-complementary

#b98ae7

#e7e78a

#8ae78b

Tetradic

#b98ae7

#e78ab8

#b8e78a

#8ae7b9

Square

#b98ae7

#e78b8a

#b8e78a

#8ae7e7

Shades

Color #b98ae7 mixed toward black.

#9b57dd

#7c2acc

#5d1f99

#3e1566

#1f0a33

Tints

Color #b98ae7 mixed toward white.

#c59eeb

#d0b1ef

#dcc5f3

#e8d8f7

#f3ecfb

Tones

Color #b98ae7 mixed toward gray.

#b992df

#b99ad8

#b9a1d0

#b9a9c8

#b9b1c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6d5 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#a9add1 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#b7c6c2 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b98ae7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b98ae7]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b98ae7 (#b98ae7) is rgb(185, 138, 231) in RGB.

No, #b98ae7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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