#b28aca

Color #b28aca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b28aca

RGB

rgb(178, 138, 202)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 37.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 31.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(63.27, 27.03, -27.32)

LCH

lch(63.27, 38.43, 314.69)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1013, 312.32)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 54.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2ca8a

Analogous

#928aca

#b28aca

#ca8ac2

Triadic

#b28aca

#cab28a

#8acab2

Split-complementary

#b28aca

#c2ca8a

#8aca92

Tetradic

#b28aca

#ca8aa2

#a2ca8a

#8acab2

Square

#b28aca

#ca928a

#a2ca8a

#8ac2ca

Shades

Color #b28aca mixed toward black.

#9863b8

#7c479c

#5d3575

#3e234e

#1f1227

Tints

Color #b28aca mixed toward white.

#bf9ed3

#ccb1dc

#d9c5e5

#e5d8ed

#f2ecf6

Tones

Color #b28aca mixed toward gray.

#b18fc5

#af95bf

#ae9aba

#ad9fb5

#aba5af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2bd · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#a4a7ba · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#b0b2af · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b28aca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b28aca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b28aca (#b28aca) is rgb(178, 138, 202) in RGB.

No, #b28aca 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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