#b169dd

Color #b169dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b169dd

RGB

rgb(177, 105, 221)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 52.5%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(56.75, 48.94, -48.19)

LCH

lch(56.75, 68.68, 315.44)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.1788, 311.01)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 41.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95dd69

Analogous

#7769dd

#b169dd

#dd69cf

Triadic

#b169dd

#ddb169

#69ddb1

Split-complementary

#b169dd

#cfdd69

#69dd77

Tetradic

#b169dd

#dd6995

#95dd69

#69ddb1

Square

#b169dd

#dd7769

#95dd69

#69cfdd

Shades

Color #b169dd mixed toward black.

#9a3dd3

#7d28b1

#5e1e85

#3f1459

#1f0a2c

Tints

Color #b169dd mixed toward white.

#be82e3

#cb9be8

#d8b4ee

#e5cdf4

#f2e6f9

Tones

Color #b169dd mixed toward gray.

#af73d3

#ac7cca

#aa86c0

#a890b6

#a599ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797c9 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#9ba0c3 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#aeb7b2 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b169dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b169dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b169dd (#b169dd) is rgb(177, 105, 221) in RGB.

No, #b169dd 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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