#b397d6

Color #b397d6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.38 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b397d6

RGB

rgb(179, 151, 214)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 43.4%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 29.4%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(66.95, 22.65, -28.32)

LCH

lch(66.95, 36.26, 308.65)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0944, 304.46)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 59.2%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bad697

Analogous

#979bd6

#b397d6

#d397d6

Triadic

#b397d6

#d6b397

#97d6b3

Split-complementary

#b397d6

#d6d397

#9bd697

Tetradic

#b397d6

#d697ba

#bad697

#97d6b3

Square

#b397d6

#d6979b

#bad697

#97d6d3

Shades

Color #b397d6 mixed toward black.

#936cc5

#7445af

#573483

#3a2257

#1d112c

Tints

Color #b397d6 mixed toward white.

#c0a8dd

#ccbae4

#d9cbeb

#e6dcf1

#f2eef8

Tones

Color #b397d6 mixed toward gray.

#b49cd1

#b4a2cc

#b5a7c6

#b5acc1

#b6b1bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7c9 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#a9abc6 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#b2bebc · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b397d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b397d6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b397d6 (#b397d6) is rgb(179, 151, 214) in RGB.

No, #b397d6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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