#b494e9

Color #b494e9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.09 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#b494e9

RGB

rgb(180, 148, 233)

HSL

hsl(262.6, 65.9%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.6, 36.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 36.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(67.1, 28.94, -38.57)

LCH

lch(67.1, 48.22, 306.88)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1245, 300.66)

HWB

hwb(262.6, 58%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9e994

Analogous

#949ee9

#b494e9

#df94e9

Triadic

#b494e9

#e9b494

#94e9b4

Split-complementary

#b494e9

#e9df94

#9ee994

Tetradic

#b494e9

#e994c9

#c9e994

#94e9b4

Square

#b494e9

#e9949e

#c9e994

#94e9df

Shades

Color #b494e9 mixed toward black.

#8f5fde

#6a2bd3

#50209e

#351669

#1b0b35

Tints

Color #b494e9 mixed toward white.

#c0a6ed

#cdb8f0

#d9c9f4

#e6dbf8

#f2edfb

Tones

Color #b494e9 mixed toward gray.

#b69be2

#b7a2db

#b9a9d4

#bbb0cd

#bdb7c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d8 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#a9abd4 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#b3cac7 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b494e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b494e9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#b494e9 (#b494e9) is rgb(180, 148, 233) in RGB.

No, #b494e9 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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