#b686cc

Color #b686cc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b686cc

RGB

rgb(182, 134, 204)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 40.7%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 34.3%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(62.81, 30.95, -29.12)

LCH

lch(62.81, 42.5, 316.74)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1126, 314.82)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 52.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ccc86

Analogous

#9386cc

#b686cc

#cc86bf

Triadic

#b686cc

#ccb686

#86ccb6

Split-complementary

#b686cc

#bfcc86

#86cc93

Tetradic

#b686cc

#cc869c

#9ccc86

#86ccb6

Square

#b686cc

#cc9386

#9ccc86

#86bfcc

Shades

Color #b686cc mixed toward black.

#9e5ebb

#82439f

#613277

#41214f

#201128

Tints

Color #b686cc mixed toward white.

#c29ad5

#ceaedd

#dbc3e6

#e7d7ee

#f3ebf7

Tones

Color #b686cc mixed toward gray.

#b48cc6

#b292c0

#b098bb

#ad9db5

#aba3af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3be · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#a6a9bb · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#b4b2af · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b686cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b686cc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b686cc (#b686cc) is rgb(182, 134, 204) in RGB.

No, #b686cc 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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