#b477d1

Color #b477d1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b477d1

RGB

rgb(180, 119, 209)

HSL

hsl(280.7, 49.5%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.7, 43.1%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 43.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(59.44, 39.69, -37.19)

LCH

lch(59.44, 54.39, 316.86)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1435, 314.18)

HWB

hwb(280.7, 46.7%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94d177

Analogous

#8777d1

#b477d1

#d177c1

Triadic

#b477d1

#d1b477

#77d1b4

Split-complementary

#b477d1

#c1d177

#77d187

Tetradic

#b477d1

#d17794

#94d177

#77d1b4

Square

#b477d1

#d18777

#94d177

#77c1d1

Shades

Color #b477d1 mixed toward black.

#9e4ec3

#8137a3

#60297b

#401c52

#200e29

Tints

Color #b477d1 mixed toward white.

#c18ed9

#cda4e0

#dabbe8

#e6d2f0

#f3e8f7

Tones

Color #b477d1 mixed toward gray.

#b17eca

#af86c2

#ac8dba

#a995b3

#a79cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dc0 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a5bc · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#b2b1ae · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b477d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b477d1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b477d1 (#b477d1) is rgb(180, 119, 209) in RGB.

No, #b477d1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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