#b046e3

Color #b046e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.67 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#b046e3

RGB

rgb(176, 70, 227)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 73.7%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 69.2%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(50.87, 66.55, -60.99)

LCH

lch(50.87, 90.27, 317.5)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.2334, 312.45)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 27.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79e346

Analogous

#6146e3

#b046e3

#e346c7

Triadic

#b046e3

#e3b046

#46e3b0

Split-complementary

#b046e3

#c7e346

#46e361

Tetradic

#b046e3

#e34679

#79e346

#46e3b0

Square

#b046e3

#e36146

#79e346

#46c7e3

Shades

Color #b046e3 mixed toward black.

#9c21d7

#7c1aac

#5d1481

#3e0d56

#1f072b

Tints

Color #b046e3 mixed toward white.

#bd65e8

#ca84ec

#d7a2f1

#e5c1f6

#f2e0fa

Tones

Color #b046e3 mixed toward gray.

#ab53d6

#a760c9

#a26dbc

#9e7aaf

#9987a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8ecb · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#949ac5 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#adb5b0 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 29.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b046e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b046e3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b046e3 (#b046e3) is rgb(176, 70, 227) in RGB.

No, #b046e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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