#b688c4

Color #b688c4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b688c4

RGB

rgb(182, 136, 196)

HSL

hsl(286, 33.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286, 30.6%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(62.96, 28.18, -24.38)

LCH

lch(62.96, 37.26, 319.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0997, 318.17)

HWB

hwb(286, 53.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96c488

Analogous

#9888c4

#b688c4

#c488b4

Triadic

#b688c4

#c4b688

#88c4b6

Split-complementary

#b688c4

#b4c488

#88c498

Tetradic

#b688c4

#c48896

#96c488

#88c4b6

Square

#b688c4

#c49888

#96c488

#88b4c4

Shades

Color #b688c4 mixed toward black.

#9f63b2

#834994

#62376f

#41254a

#211225

Tints

Color #b688c4 mixed toward white.

#c29cce

#ceb0d8

#dbc4e1

#e7d7eb

#f3ebf5

Tones

Color #b688c4 mixed toward gray.

#b38dbf

#b192ba

#ae97b5

#ab9cb0

#a9a1ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b8 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#a7aab5 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#b4adab · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b688c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b688c4]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b688c4 (#b688c4) is rgb(182, 136, 196) in RGB.

No, #b688c4 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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