#b283d0

Color #b283d0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b283d0

RGB

rgb(178, 131, 208)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 45%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 37%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 37%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(61.87, 32.24, -32.84)

LCH

lch(61.87, 46.02, 314.47)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.1209, 311.44)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 51.4%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1d083

Analogous

#8c83d0

#b283d0

#d083c8

Triadic

#b283d0

#d0b283

#83d0b2

Split-complementary

#b283d0

#c8d083

#83d08c

Tetradic

#b283d0

#d083a1

#a1d083

#83d0b2

Square

#b283d0

#d08c83

#a1d083

#83c8d0

Shades

Color #b283d0 mixed toward black.

#995ac0

#7c3ea4

#5d2f7b

#3e1f52

#1f1029

Tints

Color #b283d0 mixed toward white.

#bf98d8

#ccace0

#d9c1e8

#e5d6ef

#f2eaf7

Tones

Color #b283d0 mixed toward gray.

#b18aca

#af90c3

#ae96bd

#ac9db6

#aba3b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a09fc1 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a6bd · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#b0b4b1 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b283d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b283d0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b283d0 (#b283d0) is rgb(178, 131, 208) in RGB.

No, #b283d0 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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