#b28dbe

Color #b28dbe

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b28dbe

RGB

rgb(178, 141, 190)

HSL

hsl(285.3, 27.4%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.3, 25.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(63.54, 22.84, -20.17)

LCH

lch(63.54, 30.47, 318.55)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0814, 317.79)

HWB

hwb(285.3, 55.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99be8d

Analogous

#998dbe

#b28dbe

#be8db2

Triadic

#b28dbe

#beb28d

#8dbeb2

Split-complementary

#b28dbe

#b2be8d

#8dbe99

Tetradic

#b28dbe

#be8d99

#99be8d

#8dbeb2

Square

#b28dbe

#be998d

#99be8d

#8db2be

Shades

Color #b28dbe mixed toward black.

#9a6aaa

#7e508d

#5e3c69

#3f2846

#1f1423

Tints

Color #b28dbe mixed toward white.

#bfa0c9

#ccb3d4

#d9c6df

#e5d9e9

#f2ecf4

Tones

Color #b28dbe mixed toward gray.

#b091ba

#ae95b6

#ac99b2

#aa9dae

#a8a1aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3b4 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a8b1 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#b0aba9 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b28dbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b28dbe]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#b28dbe (#b28dbe) is rgb(178, 141, 190) in RGB.

No, #b28dbe 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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