#b649ee

Color #b649ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#b649ee

RGB

rgb(182, 73, 238)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 82.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 69.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(52.82, 68.77, -64)

LCH

lch(52.82, 93.94, 317.06)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.242, 311.65)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 28.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81ee49

Analogous

#6349ee

#b649ee

#ee49d4

Triadic

#b649ee

#eeb649

#49eeb6

Split-complementary

#b649ee

#d4ee49

#49ee63

Tetradic

#b649ee

#ee4981

#81ee49

#49eeb6

Square

#b649ee

#ee6349

#81ee49

#49d4ee

Shades

Color #b649ee mixed toward black.

#a31aea

#8312be

#620d8e

#42095f

#21042f

Tints

Color #b649ee mixed toward white.

#c267f1

#ce86f4

#daa4f6

#e7c2f9

#f3e1fc

Tones

Color #b649ee mixed toward gray.

#b257e0

#ad65d3

#a972c5

#a480b7

#a08ea9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493d5 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#999fce · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#b2beb8 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 30.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b649ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b649ee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b649ee (#b649ee) is rgb(182, 73, 238) in RGB.

No, #b649ee 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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