#b276d1

Color #b276d1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b276d1

RGB

rgb(178, 118, 209)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 49.7%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 43.5%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(59, 39.65, -37.89)

LCH

lch(59, 54.84, 316.3)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1444, 313.34)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 46.3%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95d176

Analogous

#8576d1

#b276d1

#d176c2

Triadic

#b276d1

#d1b276

#76d1b2

Split-complementary

#b276d1

#c2d176

#76d185

Tetradic

#b276d1

#d17695

#95d176

#76d1b2

Square

#b276d1

#d18576

#95d176

#76c2d1

Shades

Color #b276d1 mixed toward black.

#9b4dc3

#7e37a3

#5f297a

#3f1b52

#200e29

Tints

Color #b276d1 mixed toward white.

#bf8dd9

#cca4e0

#d9bae8

#e5d1f0

#f2e8f7

Tones

Color #b276d1 mixed toward gray.

#b07ec9

#ad85c2

#ab8dba

#a894b3

#a69cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bc0 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#9fa3bc · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#b0b1ae · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b276d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b276d1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b276d1 (#b276d1) is rgb(178, 118, 209) in RGB.

No, #b276d1 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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