#b397bc

Color #b397bc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b397bc

RGB

rgb(179, 151, 188)

HSL

hsl(285.4, 21.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.4, 19.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(66.02, 17.17, -15.27)

LCH

lch(66.02, 22.98, 318.35)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0614, 317.84)

HWB

hwb(285.4, 59.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0bc97

Analogous

#a197bc

#b397bc

#bc97b3

Triadic

#b397bc

#bcb397

#97bcb3

Split-complementary

#b397bc

#b3bc97

#97bca1

Tetradic

#b397bc

#bc97a0

#a0bc97

#97bcb3

Square

#b397bc

#bca197

#a0bc97

#97b3bc

Shades

Color #b397bc mixed toward black.

#9a75a6

#7e5989

#5e4267

#3f2c45

#1f1622

Tints

Color #b397bc mixed toward white.

#c0a8c7

#ccbad2

#d9cbde

#e6dce9

#f2eef4

Tones

Color #b397bc mixed toward gray.

#b19ab9

#b09db6

#aea0b3

#ada3b0

#aba6ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7b4 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#a9abb2 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#b2adac · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 17.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b397bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b397bc]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#b397bc (#b397bc) is rgb(179, 151, 188) in RGB.

No, #b397bc 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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