#b375dd

Color #b375dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b375dd

RGB

rgb(179, 117, 221)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 60.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 47.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 47.1%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(59.46, 43.09, -43.9)

LCH

lch(59.46, 61.51, 314.47)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1603, 310.22)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 45.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fdd75

Analogous

#7f75dd

#b375dd

#dd75d3

Triadic

#b375dd

#ddb375

#75ddb3

Split-complementary

#b375dd

#d3dd75

#75dd7f

Tetradic

#b375dd

#dd759f

#9fdd75

#75ddb3

Square

#b375dd

#dd7f75

#9fdd75

#75d3dd

Shades

Color #b375dd mixed toward black.

#9a48d2

#7e2db5

#5e2188

#3f165a

#1f0b2d

Tints

Color #b375dd mixed toward white.

#c08ce3

#cca3e8

#d9baee

#e6d1f4

#f2e8f9

Tones

Color #b375dd mixed toward gray.

#b17ed4

#b086cc

#ae8fc3

#ac98ba

#aba0b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cca · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#9fa4c5 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#b1b9b5 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b375dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b375dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b375dd (#b375dd) is rgb(179, 117, 221) in RGB.

No, #b375dd 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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