#b17ee4

Color #b17ee4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b17ee4

RGB

rgb(177, 126, 228)

HSL

hsl(270, 65.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 44.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(61.54, 39.19, -44.54)

LCH

lch(61.54, 59.33, 311.34)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1533, 305.82)

HWB

hwb(270, 49.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1e47e

Analogous

#7e7ee4

#b17ee4

#e47ee4

Triadic

#b17ee4

#e4b17e

#7ee4b1

Split-complementary

#b17ee4

#e4e47e

#7ee47e

Tetradic

#b17ee4

#e47eb1

#b1e47e

#7ee4b1

Square

#b17ee4

#e47e7e

#b1e47e

#7ee4e4

Shades

Color #b17ee4 mixed toward black.

#934dda

#7629c3

#581f92

#3b1462

#1d0a31

Tints

Color #b17ee4 mixed toward white.

#be93e9

#cba9ed

#d8bef2

#e5d4f6

#f2e9fb

Tones

Color #b17ee4 mixed toward gray.

#b186db

#b18fd3

#b197ca

#b1a0c2

#b1a8b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9dd1 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a4cc · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#afc1bd · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 25.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b17ee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b17ee4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b17ee4 (#b17ee4) is rgb(177, 126, 228) in RGB.

No, #b17ee4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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