#b66deb

Color #b66deb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b66deb

RGB

rgb(182, 109, 235)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 75.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 53.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(58.86, 51.23, -52.65)

LCH

lch(58.86, 73.46, 314.22)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1898, 308.9)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 42.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2eb6d

Analogous

#776deb

#b66deb

#eb6de1

Triadic

#b66deb

#ebb66d

#6debb6

Split-complementary

#b66deb

#e1eb6d

#6deb77

Tetradic

#b66deb

#eb6da2

#a2eb6d

#6debb6

Square

#b66deb

#eb776d

#a2eb6d

#6de1eb

Shades

Color #b66deb mixed toward black.

#9d3be4

#811cca

#611597

#400e65

#200732

Tints

Color #b66deb mixed toward white.

#c286ee

#ce9ef2

#dbb6f5

#e7cef8

#f3e7fc

Tones

Color #b66deb mixed toward gray.

#b578e1

#b382d6

#b18dcc

#af97c1

#aea2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bd5 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a4d0 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#b3c2bd · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 27.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b66deb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b66deb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b66deb (#b66deb) is rgb(182, 109, 235) in RGB.

No, #b66deb 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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