#b17bcc

Color #b17bcc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b17bcc

RGB

rgb(177, 123, 204)

HSL

hsl(280, 44.3%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 39.7%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 39.7%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(59.77, 35.52, -33.86)

LCH

lch(59.77, 49.07, 316.37)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1296, 313.81)

HWB

hwb(280, 48.2%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96cc7b

Analogous

#887bcc

#b17bcc

#cc7bbe

Triadic

#b17bcc

#ccb17b

#7bccb1

Split-complementary

#b17bcc

#becc7b

#7bcc88

Tetradic

#b17bcc

#cc7b96

#96cc7b

#7bccb1

Square

#b17bcc

#cc887b

#96cc7b

#7bbecc

Shades

Color #b17bcc mixed toward black.

#9a54bd

#7d3d9d

#5e2e76

#3f1e4f

#1f0f27

Tints

Color #b17bcc mixed toward white.

#be91d5

#cba7dd

#d8bde6

#e5d3ee

#f2e9f7

Tones

Color #b17bcc mixed toward gray.

#af82c5

#ac88be

#aa8fb8

#a896b1

#a69daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9cbc · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#9fa3b8 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#afafac · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b17bcc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b17bcc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b17bcc (#b17bcc) is rgb(177, 123, 204) in RGB.

No, #b17bcc 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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