#b59aff

Color #b59aff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b59aff

RGB

rgb(181, 154, 255)

HSL

hsl(256, 100%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256, 39.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 39.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(69.58, 31.11, -46.71)

LCH

lch(69.58, 56.12, 303.66)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1441, 295)

HWB

hwb(256, 60.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ff9a

Analogous

#9ab2ff

#b59aff

#e79aff

Triadic

#b59aff

#ffb59a

#9affb5

Split-complementary

#b59aff

#ffe79a

#b2ff9a

Tetradic

#b59aff

#ff9ae4

#e4ff9a

#9affb5

Square

#b59aff

#ff9ab2

#e4ff9a

#9affe7

Shades

Color #b59aff mixed toward black.

#8356ff

#5112ff

#3700cd

#240088

#120044

Tints

Color #b59aff mixed toward white.

#c1abff

#cebcff

#dacdff

#e6ddff

#f3eeff

Tones

Color #b59aff mixed toward gray.

#b9a2f7

#bdabee

#c1b3e6

#c5bcdd

#c9c4d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaec · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#acade7 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#b4dbd7 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 25.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b59aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b59aff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#b59aff (#b59aff) is rgb(181, 154, 255) in RGB.

No, #b59aff 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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