#b45ae9

Color #b45ae9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b45ae9

RGB

rgb(180, 90, 233)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 76.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 61.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(54.97, 59.79, -57.76)

LCH

lch(54.97, 83.13, 315.99)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.2148, 310.75)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 35.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fe95a

Analogous

#6c5ae9

#b45ae9

#e95ad6

Triadic

#b45ae9

#e9b45a

#5ae9b4

Split-complementary

#b45ae9

#d6e95a

#5ae96c

Tetradic

#b45ae9

#e95a8f

#8fe95a

#5ae9b4

Square

#b45ae9

#e96c5a

#8fe95a

#5ad6e9

Shades

Color #b45ae9 mixed toward black.

#9e2ae3

#8119be

#61138e

#410d5f

#20062f

Tints

Color #b45ae9 mixed toward white.

#c175ed

#cd91f0

#daacf4

#e6c8f8

#f3e3fb

Tones

Color #b45ae9 mixed toward gray.

#b166dd

#ae72d1

#ab7ec5

#a88ab9

#a595ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695d2 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#9aa0cc · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#b1bdb7 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 29

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b45ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b45ae9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b45ae9 (#b45ae9) is rgb(180, 90, 233) in RGB.

No, #b45ae9 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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