#b288ca

Color #b288ca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b288ca

RGB

rgb(178, 136, 202)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 38.4%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 32.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(62.79, 28.15, -28.05)

LCH

lch(62.79, 39.74, 315.1)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1048, 312.8)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 53.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0ca88

Analogous

#9188ca

#b288ca

#ca88c1

Triadic

#b288ca

#cab288

#88cab2

Split-complementary

#b288ca

#c1ca88

#88ca91

Tetradic

#b288ca

#ca88a0

#a0ca88

#88cab2

Square

#b288ca

#ca9188

#a0ca88

#88c1ca

Shades

Color #b288ca mixed toward black.

#9961b9

#7d459c

#5d3475

#3e234e

#1f1127

Tints

Color #b288ca mixed toward white.

#bf9cd3

#ccb0dc

#d9c4e5

#e5d7ed

#f2ebf6

Tones

Color #b288ca mixed toward gray.

#b18ec5

#af93bf

#ae99ba

#ac9eb4

#aba4af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1bd · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#a4a7b9 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#b0b1af · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b288ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b288ca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b288ca (#b288ca) is rgb(178, 136, 202) in RGB.

No, #b288ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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