#b550ed

Color #b550ed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b550ed

RGB

rgb(181, 80, 237)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 81.3%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 66.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(53.68, 65.41, -62.06)

LCH

lch(53.68, 90.17, 316.51)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.2322, 311.02)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 31.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88ed50

Analogous

#6750ed

#b550ed

#ed50d7

Triadic

#b550ed

#edb550

#50edb5

Split-complementary

#b550ed

#d7ed50

#50ed67

Tetradic

#b550ed

#ed5088

#88ed50

#50edb5

Square

#b550ed

#ed6750

#88ed50

#50d7ed

Shades

Color #b550ed mixed toward black.

#a120e8

#8214c0

#620f90

#410a60

#210530

Tints

Color #b550ed mixed toward white.

#c16df0

#ce8af3

#daa8f6

#e6c5f9

#f3e2fc

Tones

Color #b550ed mixed toward gray.

#b15de0

#ae6ad3

#aa77c6

#a684b9

#a292ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493d4 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#999fce · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#b2beb9 · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b550ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b550ed]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b550ed (#b550ed) is rgb(181, 80, 237) in RGB.

No, #b550ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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