#b272dd

Color #b272dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b272dd

RGB

rgb(178, 114, 221)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 61.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 48.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(58.71, 44.43, -45.08)

LCH

lch(58.71, 63.29, 314.58)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1648, 310.22)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 44.7%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ddd72

Analogous

#7d72dd

#b272dd

#dd72d2

Triadic

#b272dd

#ddb272

#72ddb2

Split-complementary

#b272dd

#d2dd72

#72dd7d

Tetradic

#b272dd

#dd729d

#9ddd72

#72ddb2

Square

#b272dd

#dd7d72

#9ddd72

#72d2dd

Shades

Color #b272dd mixed toward black.

#9945d2

#7d2bb4

#5e2187

#3f165a

#1f0b2d

Tints

Color #b272dd mixed toward white.

#bf8ae3

#cca1e8

#d9b9ee

#e5d0f4

#f2e8f9

Tones

Color #b272dd mixed toward gray.

#b07bd4

#af84cb

#ad8dc2

#ab96b9

#a99fb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aca · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#9ea2c5 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#afb9b5 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b272dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b272dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b272dd (#b272dd) is rgb(178, 114, 221) in RGB.

No, #b272dd 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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