#b055e5

Color #b055e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.79 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b055e5

RGB

rgb(176, 85, 229)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 73.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 62.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(53.37, 60.38, -58.11)

LCH

lch(53.37, 83.8, 316.1)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.2162, 310.74)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 33.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ae555

Analogous

#6855e5

#b055e5

#e555d2

Triadic

#b055e5

#e5b055

#55e5b0

Split-complementary

#b055e5

#d2e555

#55e568

Tetradic

#b055e5

#e5558a

#8ae555

#55e5b0

Square

#b055e5

#e56855

#8ae555

#55d2e5

Shades

Color #b055e5 mixed toward black.

#9b28de

#7d1cb6

#5e1588

#3e0e5b

#1f072d

Tints

Color #b055e5 mixed toward white.

#bd71e9

#ca8eee

#d8aaf2

#e5c6f6

#f2e3fb

Tones

Color #b055e5 mixed toward gray.

#ad61d9

#aa6dcd

#a779c1

#a385b5

#a091a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291ce · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#969cc8 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#adb9b4 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b055e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b055e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b055e5 (#b055e5) is rgb(176, 85, 229) in RGB.

No, #b055e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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