#b53fee

Color #b53fee

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#b53fee

RGB

rgb(181, 63, 238)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 83.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 73.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(51.33, 72.44, -66.42)

LCH

lch(51.33, 98.28, 317.48)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.2527, 311.95)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 24.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78ee3f

Analogous

#5e3fee

#b53fee

#ee3fcf

Triadic

#b53fee

#eeb53f

#3feeb5

Split-complementary

#b53fee

#cfee3f

#3fee5e

Tetradic

#b53fee

#ee3f78

#78ee3f

#3feeb5

Square

#b53fee

#ee5e3f

#78ee3f

#3fcfee

Shades

Color #b53fee mixed toward black.

#a214e6

#8210b8

#610c8a

#41085c

#20042e

Tints

Color #b53fee mixed toward white.

#c15ff1

#ce7ff4

#da9ff6

#e6bff9

#f3dffc

Tones

Color #b53fee mixed toward gray.

#b04edf

#ab5cd1

#a66bc2

#a179b4

#9c88a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190d4 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#979dcd · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#b1bdb7 · ΔE 37.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 30.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b53fee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b53fee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b53fee (#b53fee) is rgb(181, 63, 238) in RGB.

No, #b53fee 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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