#b157f0

Color #b157f0

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b157f0

RGB

rgb(177, 87, 240)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 83.6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 63.7%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(54.51, 62.04, -62.44)

LCH

lch(54.51, 88.02, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.225, 308.34)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 34.1%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96f057

Analogous

#6457f0

#b157f0

#f057e2

Triadic

#b157f0

#f0b157

#57f0b1

Split-complementary

#b157f0

#e2f057

#57f064

Tetradic

#b157f0

#f05796

#96f057

#57f0b1

Square

#b157f0

#f06457

#96f057

#57e2f0

Shades

Color #b157f0 mixed toward black.

#9a25ec

#7d12c8

#5e0d96

#3f0964

#1f0432

Tints

Color #b157f0 mixed toward white.

#be73f2

#cb8ff5

#d8abf7

#e5c7fa

#f2e3fc

Tones

Color #b157f0 mixed toward gray.

#af64e3

#ac70d6

#aa7dca

#a88abd

#a697b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9392d8 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#979dd1 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#aec1bc · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 29.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b157f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b157f0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b157f0 (#b157f0) is rgb(177, 87, 240) in RGB.

No, #b157f0 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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