#b05ac9

Color #b05ac9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b05ac9

RGB

rgb(176, 90, 201)

HSL

hsl(286.5, 50.7%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.5, 55.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(52.69, 52.14, -43.29)

LCH

lch(52.69, 67.77, 320.3)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1806, 318.14)

HWB

hwb(286.5, 35.3%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73c95a

Analogous

#795ac9

#b05ac9

#c95aab

Triadic

#b05ac9

#c9b05a

#5ac9b0

Split-complementary

#b05ac9

#abc95a

#5ac979

Tetradic

#b05ac9

#c95a73

#73c95a

#5ac9b0

Square

#b05ac9

#c9795a

#73c95a

#5aabc9

Shades

Color #b05ac9 mixed toward black.

#9b3cb7

#7c3092

#5d246e

#3e1849

#1f0c25

Tints

Color #b05ac9 mixed toward white.

#bd76d2

#ca91db

#d8ade4

#e5c8ed

#f2e4f6

Tones

Color #b05ac9 mixed toward gray.

#ab63c0

#a66db7

#a176ad

#9c7fa4

#97889b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9392b6 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#979cb1 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#ada5a1 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b05ac9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b05ac9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b05ac9 (#b05ac9) is rgb(176, 90, 201) in RGB.

No, #b05ac9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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