#b559e9

Color #b559e9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b559e9

RGB

rgb(181, 89, 233)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 76.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 61.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(54.92, 60.49, -57.83)

LCH

lch(54.92, 83.69, 316.29)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.2165, 311.2)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 34.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8de959

Analogous

#6d59e9

#b559e9

#e959d5

Triadic

#b559e9

#e9b559

#59e9b5

Split-complementary

#b559e9

#d5e959

#59e96d

Tetradic

#b559e9

#e9598d

#8de959

#59e9b5

Square

#b559e9

#e96d59

#8de959

#59d5e9

Shades

Color #b559e9 mixed toward black.

#a029e3

#8219bd

#62138e

#410d5f

#21062f

Tints

Color #b559e9 mixed toward white.

#c175ed

#ce90f0

#daacf4

#e6c8f8

#f3e3fb

Tones

Color #b559e9 mixed toward gray.

#b265dd

#ae71d1

#ab7dc5

#a889b9

#a495ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695d2 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#9ba0cb · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#b2bcb7 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b559e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b559e9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b559e9 (#b559e9) is rgb(181, 89, 233) in RGB.

No, #b559e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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