#b55fe9

Color #b55fe9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b55fe9

RGB

rgb(181, 95, 233)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 75.8%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 59.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(55.98, 57.61, -56.14)

LCH

lch(55.98, 80.44, 315.74)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.208, 310.61)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 37.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93e95f

Analogous

#705fe9

#b55fe9

#e95fd8

Triadic

#b55fe9

#e9b55f

#5fe9b5

Split-complementary

#b55fe9

#d8e95f

#5fe970

Tetradic

#b55fe9

#e95f93

#93e95f

#5fe9b5

Square

#b55fe9

#e9705f

#93e95f

#5fd8e9

Shades

Color #b55fe9 mixed toward black.

#9f2fe2

#821ac0

#611490

#410d60

#200730

Tints

Color #b55fe9 mixed toward white.

#c17aed

#ce94f0

#daaff4

#e6caf8

#f3e4fb

Tones

Color #b55fe9 mixed toward gray.

#b26add

#af76d2

#ac81c6

#aa8dbb

#a798af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d2 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#9ca1cc · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#b2bdb8 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 28.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b55fe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b55fe9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b55fe9 (#b55fe9) is rgb(181, 95, 233) in RGB.

No, #b55fe9 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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