#b159de

Color #b159de

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b159de

RGB

rgb(177, 89, 222)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 66.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 59.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(53.78, 57.22, -53.5)

LCH

lch(53.78, 78.34, 316.92)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2039, 312.52)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 34.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86de59

Analogous

#6f59de

#b159de

#de59c9

Triadic

#b159de

#deb159

#59deb1

Split-complementary

#b159de

#c9de59

#59de6f

Tetradic

#b159de

#de5986

#86de59

#59deb1

Square

#b159de

#de6f59

#86de59

#59c9de

Shades

Color #b159de mixed toward black.

#9d2ed5

#7e22ad

#5f1a82

#3f1156

#20092b

Tints

Color #b159de mixed toward white.

#be75e3

#cb90e9

#d8acee

#e5c8f4

#f2e3f9

Tones

Color #b159de mixed toward gray.

#ad64d3

#aa6fc8

#a67abd

#a385b2

#9f90a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9392c8 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#989dc2 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#aeb4af · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b159de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b159de]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b159de (#b159de) is rgb(177, 89, 222) in RGB.

No, #b159de 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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