#b487ff

Color #b487ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b487ff

RGB

rgb(180, 135, 255)

HSL

hsl(262.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 47.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(65.16, 41.39, -53.69)

LCH

lch(65.16, 67.79, 307.63)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.173, 299.31)

HWB

hwb(262.5, 52.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2ff87

Analogous

#8796ff

#b487ff

#f087ff

Triadic

#b487ff

#ffb487

#87ffb4

Split-complementary

#b487ff

#fff087

#96ff87

Tetradic

#b487ff

#ff87d2

#d2ff87

#87ffb4

Square

#b487ff

#ff8796

#d2ff87

#87fff0

Shades

Color #b487ff mixed toward black.

#8b46ff

#6305ff

#4900c3

#310082

#180041

Tints

Color #b487ff mixed toward white.

#c19bff

#cdafff

#dac3ff

#e6d7ff

#f3ebff

Tones

Color #b487ff mixed toward gray.

#b791f5

#b99beb

#bca5e1

#beafd7

#c1b9cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2e9 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a8e4 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#b2d6d1 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b487ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b487ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#b487ff (#b487ff) is rgb(180, 135, 255) in RGB.

No, #b487ff 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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