#b478e6

Color #b478e6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.48 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b478e6

RGB

rgb(180, 120, 230)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 68.7%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 47.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 47.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(60.65, 43.75, -47.04)

LCH

lch(60.65, 64.24, 312.92)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1663, 307.75)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 47.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aae678

Analogous

#7d78e6

#b478e6

#e678e1

Triadic

#b478e6

#e6b478

#78e6b4

Split-complementary

#b478e6

#e1e678

#78e67d

Tetradic

#b478e6

#e678aa

#aae678

#78e6b4

Square

#b478e6

#e67d78

#aae678

#78e1e6

Shades

Color #b478e6 mixed toward black.

#9947dd

#7c25c5

#5d1b94

#3e1262

#1f0931

Tints

Color #b478e6 mixed toward white.

#c08eea

#cda5ee

#d9bbf2

#e6d2f7

#f2e8fb

Tones

Color #b478e6 mixed toward gray.

#b381dd

#b28ad4

#b193ca

#b19dc1

#b0a6b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9dd2 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#a1a5cd · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#b2c0bc · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b478e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b478e6]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b478e6 (#b478e6) is rgb(180, 120, 230) in RGB.

No, #b478e6 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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