#b155df

Color #b155df

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b155df

RGB

rgb(177, 85, 223)

HSL

hsl(280, 68.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 61.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(53.14, 59.34, -55.08)

LCH

lch(53.14, 80.96, 317.13)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.2105, 312.61)

HWB

hwb(280, 33.3%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83df55

Analogous

#6c55df

#b155df

#df55c8

Triadic

#b155df

#dfb155

#55dfb1

Split-complementary

#b155df

#c8df55

#55df6c

Tetradic

#b155df

#df5583

#83df55

#55dfb1

Square

#b155df

#df6c55

#83df55

#55c8df

Shades

Color #b155df mixed toward black.

#9d2ad7

#7e21ad

#5f1882

#3f1056

#20082b

Tints

Color #b155df mixed toward white.

#be71e4

#cb8eea

#d8aaef

#e5c6f4

#f2e3fa

Tones

Color #b155df mixed toward gray.

#ad61d3

#a96cc8

#a678bd

#a283b1

#9e8fa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292c9 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#979dc3 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#aeb4af · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b155df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b155df]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b155df (#b155df) is rgb(177, 85, 223) in RGB.

No, #b155df 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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