#b561df

Color #b561df

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b561df

RGB

rgb(181, 97, 223)

HSL

hsl(280, 66.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 56.5%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(55.79, 54.49, -50.83)

LCH

lch(55.79, 74.52, 316.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1946, 312.98)

HWB

hwb(280, 38%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bdf61

Analogous

#7661df

#b561df

#df61ca

Triadic

#b561df

#dfb561

#61dfb5

Split-complementary

#b561df

#cadf61

#61df76

Tetradic

#b561df

#df618b

#8bdf61

#61dfb5

Square

#b561df

#df7661

#8bdf61

#61cadf

Shades

Color #b561df mixed toward black.

#a035d6

#8224b1

#621b85

#411259

#21092c

Tints

Color #b561df mixed toward white.

#c17be4

#ce96ea

#dab0ef

#e6caf4

#f3e5fa

Tones

Color #b561df mixed toward gray.

#b16bd4

#ae76ca

#aa80bf

#a78bb5

#a395aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897ca · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#9ca2c4 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#b2b6b2 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b561df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b561df]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b561df (#b561df) is rgb(181, 97, 223) in RGB.

No, #b561df 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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