#b257e0

Color #b257e0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b257e0

RGB

rgb(178, 87, 224)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 68.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 61.2%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(53.67, 58.84, -54.79)

LCH

lch(53.67, 80.4, 317.04)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2091, 312.56)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 34.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85e057

Analogous

#6e57e0

#b257e0

#e057c9

Triadic

#b257e0

#e0b257

#57e0b2

Split-complementary

#b257e0

#c9e057

#57e06e

Tetradic

#b257e0

#e05785

#85e057

#57e0b2

Square

#b257e0

#e06e57

#85e057

#57c9e0

Shades

Color #b257e0 mixed toward black.

#9e2bd8

#7f20af

#5f1883

#401058

#20082c

Tints

Color #b257e0 mixed toward white.

#bf73e5

#cc8fea

#d9abef

#e5c7f5

#f2e3fa

Tones

Color #b257e0 mixed toward gray.

#ae63d5

#ab6ec9

#a779be

#a385b2

#9f90a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393ca · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#989ec4 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#afb5b0 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b257e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b257e0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b257e0 (#b257e0) is rgb(178, 87, 224) in RGB.

No, #b257e0 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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