#b34ef3

Color #b34ef3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b34ef3

RGB

rgb(179, 78, 243)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 87.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 67.9%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 67.9%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(53.5, 67.13, -65.73)

LCH

lch(53.5, 93.95, 315.6)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.2398, 309.14)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 30.6%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ef34e

Analogous

#604ef3

#b34ef3

#f34ee1

Triadic

#b34ef3

#f3b34e

#4ef3b3

Split-complementary

#b34ef3

#e1f34e

#4ef360

Tetradic

#b34ef3

#f34e8e

#8ef34e

#4ef3b3

Square

#b34ef3

#f3604e

#8ef34e

#4ee1f3

Shades

Color #b34ef3 mixed toward black.

#9d1cf0

#800ec8

#600a96

#400764

#200332

Tints

Color #b34ef3 mixed toward white.

#c06bf5

#cc89f7

#d9a6f9

#e6c4fb

#f2e1fd

Tones

Color #b34ef3 mixed toward gray.

#b05ce5

#ad69d7

#aa77ca

#a785bc

#a393ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291da · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#979dd3 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#b0c2bd · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b34ef3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b34ef3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b34ef3 (#b34ef3) is rgb(179, 78, 243) in RGB.

No, #b34ef3 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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