#b25ec9

Color #b25ec9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b25ec9

RGB

rgb(178, 94, 201)

HSL

hsl(287.1, 49.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.1, 53.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(53.7, 50.67, -41.68)

LCH

lch(53.7, 65.61, 320.56)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1752, 318.63)

HWB

hwb(287.1, 36.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75c95e

Analogous

#7c5ec9

#b25ec9

#c95eaa

Triadic

#b25ec9

#c9b25e

#5ec9b2

Split-complementary

#b25ec9

#aac95e

#5ec97c

Tetradic

#b25ec9

#c95e75

#75c95e

#5ec9b2

Square

#b25ec9

#c97c5e

#75c95e

#5eaac9

Shades

Color #b25ec9 mixed toward black.

#9e3eb8

#7e3193

#5f256e

#3f194a

#200c25

Tints

Color #b25ec9 mixed toward white.

#bf79d2

#cc94db

#d8aee4

#e5c9ed

#f2e4f6

Tones

Color #b25ec9 mixed toward gray.

#ad67c0

#a870b7

#a379ae

#9e82a5

#988a9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594b6 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#999fb2 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#afa6a2 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b25ec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b25ec9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b25ec9 (#b25ec9) is rgb(178, 94, 201) in RGB.

No, #b25ec9 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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