#b554eb

Color #b554eb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b554eb

RGB

rgb(181, 84, 235)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 79.1%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 64.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 64.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(54.2, 63.22, -60.11)

LCH

lch(54.2, 87.24, 316.44)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.2252, 311.16)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 32.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aeb54

Analogous

#6954eb

#b554eb

#eb54d6

Triadic

#b554eb

#ebb554

#54ebb5

Split-complementary

#b554eb

#d6eb54

#54eb69

Tetradic

#b554eb

#eb548a

#8aeb54

#54ebb5

Square

#b554eb

#eb6954

#8aeb54

#54d6eb

Shades

Color #b554eb mixed toward black.

#a024e5

#8216be

#62118f

#410b5f

#210630

Tints

Color #b554eb mixed toward white.

#c170ee

#ce8df2

#daa9f5

#e6c6f8

#f3e2fc

Tones

Color #b554eb mixed toward gray.

#b160de

#ae6dd2

#aa7ac5

#a786b9

#a393ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594d3 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#9aa0cd · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#b2bdb8 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b554eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b554eb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b554eb (#b554eb) is rgb(181, 84, 235) in RGB.

No, #b554eb 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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