#b178bb

Color #b178bb

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.65 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b178bb

RGB

rgb(177, 120, 187)

HSL

hsl(291, 33%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291, 35.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(58.39, 33.67, -26.37)

LCH

lch(58.39, 42.77, 321.93)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1156, 321.39)

HWB

hwb(291, 47.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82bb78

Analogous

#8f78bb

#b178bb

#bb78a4

Triadic

#b178bb

#bbb178

#78bbb1

Split-complementary

#b178bb

#a4bb78

#78bb8f

Tetradic

#b178bb

#bb7882

#82bb78

#78bbb1

Square

#b178bb

#bb8f78

#82bb78

#78a4bb

Shades

Color #b178bb mixed toward black.

#9d56aa

#7e4588

#5e3366

#3f2244

#1f1122

Tints

Color #b178bb mixed toward white.

#be8fc6

#cba5d2

#d8bcdd

#e5d2e8

#f2e9f4

Tones

Color #b178bb mixed toward gray.

#ad7eb5

#a983b0

#a589aa

#a18ea5

#9d949f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bae · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa3aa · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#afa2a0 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b178bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b178bb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#b178bb (#b178bb) is rgb(177, 120, 187) in RGB.

No, #b178bb 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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