#b66ae1

Color #b66ae1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b66ae1

RGB

rgb(182, 106, 225)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 66.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 52.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(57.74, 50.6, -48.84)

LCH

lch(57.74, 70.33, 316.01)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1834, 311.86)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 41.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95e16a

Analogous

#7a6ae1

#b66ae1

#e16ad1

Triadic

#b66ae1

#e1b66a

#6ae1b6

Split-complementary

#b66ae1

#d1e16a

#6ae17a

Tetradic

#b66ae1

#e16a95

#95e16a

#6ae1b6

Square

#b66ae1

#e17a6a

#95e16a

#6ad1e1

Shades

Color #b66ae1 mixed toward black.

#9f3cd8

#8325b8

#621c8a

#41125c

#21092e

Tints

Color #b66ae1 mixed toward white.

#c283e6

#ce9ceb

#dab4f0

#e7cdf5

#f3e6fa

Tones

Color #b66ae1 mixed toward gray.

#b374d7

#b07ecd

#ae88c3

#ab92b9

#a89caf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9acc · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#9fa4c7 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#b3bab5 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b66ae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b66ae1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b66ae1 (#b66ae1) is rgb(182, 106, 225) in RGB.

No, #b66ae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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