#b590c9

Color #b590c9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#b590c9

RGB

rgb(181, 144, 201)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 34.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 28.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 28.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(64.95, 24.41, -24.14)

LCH

lch(64.95, 34.33, 315.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0908, 313.44)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 56.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4c990

Analogous

#9890c9

#b590c9

#c990c0

Triadic

#b590c9

#c9b590

#90c9b5

Split-complementary

#b590c9

#c0c990

#90c998

Tetradic

#b590c9

#c990a4

#a4c990

#90c9b5

Square

#b590c9

#c99890

#a4c990

#90c0c9

Shades

Color #b590c9 mixed toward black.

#9b69b6

#7f4b9b

#5f3874

#3f264d

#201327

Tints

Color #b590c9 mixed toward white.

#c1a2d2

#ceb5db

#dac7e4

#e6daed

#f3ecf6

Tones

Color #b590c9 mixed toward gray.

#b395c4

#b299bf

#b19ebb

#afa3b6

#aea8b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6bd · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#a8abba · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#b3b3b1 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b590c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b590c9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b590c9 (#b590c9) is rgb(181, 144, 201) in RGB.

No, #b590c9 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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