#b16fd4

Color #b16fd4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b16fd4

RGB

rgb(177, 111, 212)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 54%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 47.6%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 47.6%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(57.53, 43.8, -41.89)

LCH

lch(57.53, 60.61, 316.28)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1591, 312.86)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 43.5%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92d46f

Analogous

#7e6fd4

#b16fd4

#d46fc4

Triadic

#b16fd4

#d4b16f

#6fd4b1

Split-complementary

#b16fd4

#c4d46f

#6fd47e

Tetradic

#b16fd4

#d46f92

#92d46f

#6fd4b1

Square

#b16fd4

#d47e6f

#92d46f

#6fc4d4

Shades

Color #b16fd4 mixed toward black.

#9a45c8

#7d32a6

#5e257c

#3f1953

#1f0c29

Tints

Color #b16fd4 mixed toward white.

#be87db

#cb9fe2

#d8b7e9

#e5cff1

#f2e7f8

Tones

Color #b16fd4 mixed toward gray.

#ae77cc

#ac80c3

#a988bb

#a791b2

#a499aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998c2 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#9ca1bd · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#aeb1ae · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b16fd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b16fd4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b16fd4 (#b16fd4) is rgb(177, 111, 212) in RGB.

No, #b16fd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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