#b55aa9

Color #b55aa9

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 15.8 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#b55aa9

RGB

rgb(181, 90, 169)

HSL

hsl(307.9, 38.1%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.9, 50.3%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 6.6%, 29%)

LAB

lab(51.84, 47.54, -26.05)

LCH

lch(51.84, 54.21, 331.28)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1533, 332.45)

HWB

hwb(307.9, 35.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ab566

Analogous

#935ab5

#b55aa9

#b55a7b

Triadic

#b55aa9

#a9b55a

#5aa9b5

Split-complementary

#b55aa9

#7bb55a

#5ab593

Tetradic

#b55aa9

#b5665a

#5ab566

#5aa9b5

Square

#b55aa9

#b5935a

#5ab566

#5a7bb5

Shades

Color #b55aa9 mixed toward black.

#9c4691

#7d3874

#5d2a57

#3e1c3a

#1f0e1d

Tints

Color #b55aa9 mixed toward white.

#c175b7

#ce91c6

#daacd4

#e6c8e2

#f3e3f1

Tones

Color #b55aa9 mixed toward gray.

#ad61a3

#a6699e

#9e7198

#977893

#8f808d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#96969b · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#9ba197 · ΔE 37.3

Tritanopia

#b28e8b · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b55aa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b55aa9]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b55aa9 (#b55aa9) is rgb(181, 90, 169) in RGB.

No, #b55aa9 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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