#b15de9

Color #b15de9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b15de9

RGB

rgb(177, 93, 233)

HSL

hsl(276, 76.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 60.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 60.1%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(55.13, 57.65, -57.52)

LCH

lch(55.13, 81.44, 315.06)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.2096, 309.35)

HWB

hwb(276, 36.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95e95d

Analogous

#6b5de9

#b15de9

#e95ddb

Triadic

#b15de9

#e9b15d

#5de9b1

Split-complementary

#b15de9

#dbe95d

#5de96b

Tetradic

#b15de9

#e95d95

#95e95d

#5de9b1

Square

#b15de9

#e96b5d

#95e95d

#5ddbe9

Shades

Color #b15de9 mixed toward black.

#9a2de3

#7d1abf

#5e138f

#3f0d60

#1f0630

Tints

Color #b15de9 mixed toward white.

#be78ed

#cb93f0

#d8aef4

#e5c9f8

#f2e4fb

Tones

Color #b15de9 mixed toward gray.

#af69dd

#ac74d2

#aa80c6

#a88cba

#a597af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493d2 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#989ecc · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#aebdb8 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b15de9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b15de9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b15de9 (#b15de9) is rgb(177, 93, 233) in RGB.

No, #b15de9 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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