#b661dd

Color #b661dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 5.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b661dd

RGB

rgb(182, 97, 221)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 64.6%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 56.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 56.1%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(55.8, 54.32, -49.67)

LCH

lch(55.8, 73.61, 317.56)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.193, 313.93)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 38%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88dd61

Analogous

#7861dd

#b661dd

#dd61c6

Triadic

#b661dd

#ddb661

#61ddb6

Split-complementary

#b661dd

#c6dd61

#61dd78

Tetradic

#b661dd

#dd6188

#88dd61

#61ddb6

Square

#b661dd

#dd7861

#88dd61

#61c6dd

Shades

Color #b661dd mixed toward black.

#a236d4

#8326af

#631c83

#421357

#21092c

Tints

Color #b661dd mixed toward white.

#c27be3

#ce96e8

#dbb0ee

#e7caf4

#f3e5f9

Tones

Color #b661dd mixed toward gray.

#b26cd3

#ae76c8

#ab80be

#a78ab4

#a395a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998c8 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#9da2c2 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#b3b5b0 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b661dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b661dd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b661dd (#b661dd) is rgb(182, 97, 221) in RGB.

No, #b661dd 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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