#b155cf

Color #b155cf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 3.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b155cf

RGB

rgb(177, 85, 207)

HSL

hsl(285.2, 56%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.2, 58.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 58.9%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(52.23, 56.04, -47.44)

LCH

lch(52.23, 73.42, 319.75)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.1946, 317.04)

HWB

hwb(285.2, 33.3%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73cf55

Analogous

#7455cf

#b155cf

#cf55b0

Triadic

#b155cf

#cfb155

#55cfb1

Split-complementary

#b155cf

#b0cf55

#55cf74

Tetradic

#b155cf

#cf5573

#73cf55

#55cfb1

Square

#b155cf

#cf7455

#73cf55

#55b0cf

Shades

Color #b155cf mixed toward black.

#9c36be

#7d2b98

#5e2072

#3f154c

#1f0b26

Tints

Color #b155cf mixed toward white.

#be71d7

#cb8edf

#d8aae7

#e5c6ef

#f2e3f7

Tones

Color #b155cf mixed toward gray.

#ac5fc5

#a769bb

#a274b1

#9c7ea6

#97889c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292bb · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#979db5 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#aea8a4 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b155cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b155cf]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#b155cf (#b155cf) is rgb(177, 85, 207) in RGB.

No, #b155cf 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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