#b150c9

Color #b150c9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 3.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b150c9

RGB

rgb(177, 80, 201)

HSL

hsl(288.1, 52.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.1, 60.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(51.04, 57.2, -45.9)

LCH

lch(51.04, 73.34, 321.25)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.196, 319.22)

HWB

hwb(288.1, 31.4%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68c950

Analogous

#7550c9

#b150c9

#c950a4

Triadic

#b150c9

#c9b150

#50c9b1

Split-complementary

#b150c9

#a4c950

#50c975

Tetradic

#b150c9

#c95068

#68c950

#50c9b1

Square

#b150c9

#c97550

#68c950

#50a4c9

Shades

Color #b150c9 mixed toward black.

#9a37b3

#7c2c8f

#5d216b

#3e1648

#1f0b24

Tints

Color #b150c9 mixed toward white.

#be6dd2

#cb8adb

#d8a8e4

#e5c5ed

#f2e2f6

Tones

Color #b150c9 mixed toward gray.

#ab5abf

#a564b5

#9f6eab

#9978a1

#938297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190b5 · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#969cb0 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#aea39f · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b150c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b150c9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#b150c9 (#b150c9) is rgb(177, 80, 201) in RGB.

No, #b150c9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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