#b273c6

Color #b273c6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b273c6

RGB

rgb(178, 115, 198)

HSL

hsl(285.5, 42.1%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.5, 41.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 41.9%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(57.85, 38.97, -33.45)

LCH

lch(57.85, 51.36, 319.36)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1371, 317.72)

HWB

hwb(285.5, 45.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87c673

Analogous

#8973c6

#b273c6

#c673b1

Triadic

#b273c6

#c6b273

#73c6b2

Split-complementary

#b273c6

#b1c673

#73c689

Tetradic

#b273c6

#c67387

#87c673

#73c6b2

Square

#b273c6

#c68973

#87c673

#73b1c6

Shades

Color #b273c6 mixed toward black.

#9e4eb7

#7f3c94

#5f2d6f

#401e4a

#200f25

Tints

Color #b273c6 mixed toward white.

#bf8ad0

#cca2d9

#d8b9e3

#e5d0ec

#f2e8f6

Tones

Color #b273c6 mixed toward gray.

#ae7abf

#ab81b8

#a788b1

#a48faa

#a096a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ab6 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#9ea2b2 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#b0a9a5 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b273c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b273c6]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#b273c6 (#b273c6) is rgb(178, 115, 198) in RGB.

No, #b273c6 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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