#b17fcb

Color #b17fcb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.17 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b17fcb

RGB

rgb(177, 127, 203)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 42.2%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 37.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 37.4%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(60.64, 33.09, -31.95)

LCH

lch(60.64, 46, 316)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1214, 313.53)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 49.8%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99cb7f

Analogous

#8b7fcb

#b17fcb

#cb7fbf

Triadic

#b17fcb

#cbb17f

#7fcbb1

Split-complementary

#b17fcb

#bfcb7f

#7fcb8b

Tetradic

#b17fcb

#cb7f99

#99cb7f

#7fcbb1

Square

#b17fcb

#cb8b7f

#99cb7f

#7fbfcb

Shades

Color #b17fcb mixed toward black.

#9958bb

#7d409c

#5e3075

#3e204e

#1f1027

Tints

Color #b17fcb mixed toward white.

#be94d4

#cbaadc

#d8bfe5

#e5d4ee

#f2eaf6

Tones

Color #b17fcb mixed toward gray.

#af85c5

#ad8cbe

#ab92b8

#a998b2

#a79fab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9dbc · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a4b8 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#afafac · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b17fcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b17fcb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b17fcb (#b17fcb) is rgb(177, 127, 203) in RGB.

No, #b17fcb 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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