#b56fdb

Color #b56fdb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#b56fdb

RGB

rgb(181, 111, 219)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 60%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 49.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(58.33, 46.42, -44.55)

LCH

lch(58.33, 64.34, 316.18)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.1685, 312.52)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 43.5%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95db6f

Analogous

#7f6fdb

#b56fdb

#db6fcb

Triadic

#b56fdb

#dbb56f

#6fdbb5

Split-complementary

#b56fdb

#cbdb6f

#6fdb7f

Tetradic

#b56fdb

#db6f95

#95db6f

#6fdbb5

Square

#b56fdb

#db7f6f

#95db6f

#6fcbdb

Shades

Color #b56fdb mixed toward black.

#9e43d0

#822cb0

#612184

#411658

#200b2c

Tints

Color #b56fdb mixed toward white.

#c187e1

#ce9fe7

#dab7ed

#e6cff3

#f3e7f9

Tones

Color #b56fdb mixed toward gray.

#b278d2

#b081c9

#ad8ac0

#aa93b7

#a89cae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bc8 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#9fa4c3 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#b2b6b2 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b56fdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b56fdb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b56fdb (#b56fdb) is rgb(181, 111, 219) in RGB.

No, #b56fdb 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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