#b588e2

Color #b588e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.28 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b588e2

RGB

rgb(181, 136, 226)

HSL

hsl(270, 60.8%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 39.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(64.1, 34.33, -39.39)

LCH

lch(64.1, 52.25, 311.07)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1356, 306.21)

HWB

hwb(270, 53.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5e288

Analogous

#8888e2

#b588e2

#e288e2

Triadic

#b588e2

#e2b588

#88e2b5

Split-complementary

#b588e2

#e2e288

#88e288

Tetradic

#b588e2

#e288b5

#b5e288

#88e2b5

Square

#b588e2

#e28888

#b5e288

#88e2e2

Shades

Color #b588e2 mixed toward black.

#9758d6

#792fc2

#5b2392

#3c1861

#1e0c31

Tints

Color #b588e2 mixed toward white.

#c19ce7

#ceb0ec

#dac4f1

#e6d7f5

#f3ebfa

Tones

Color #b588e2 mixed toward gray.

#b590db

#b597d3

#b59fcc

#b5a6c4

#b5aebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d1 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#a6a9cc · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#b3c2be · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b588e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b588e2]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b588e2 (#b588e2) is rgb(181, 136, 226) in RGB.

No, #b588e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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