#b785cb

Color #b785cb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b785cb

RGB

rgb(183, 133, 203)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 40.2%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 34.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(62.64, 31.61, -28.81)

LCH

lch(62.64, 42.77, 317.65)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1137, 316)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 52.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99cb85

Analogous

#9485cb

#b785cb

#cb85bc

Triadic

#b785cb

#cbb785

#85cbb7

Split-complementary

#b785cb

#bccb85

#85cb94

Tetradic

#b785cb

#cb8599

#99cb85

#85cbb7

Square

#b785cb

#cb9485

#99cb85

#85bccb

Shades

Color #b785cb mixed toward black.

#a05eba

#83439d

#633276

#42214f

#211127

Tints

Color #b785cb mixed toward white.

#c399d4

#cfaedc

#dbc2e5

#e7d6ee

#f3ebf6

Tones

Color #b785cb mixed toward gray.

#b58bc5

#b291bf

#b097ba

#ad9cb4

#aba2ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a3bd · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#a7aaba · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#b5b1ae · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b785cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b785cb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b785cb (#b785cb) is rgb(183, 133, 203) in RGB.

No, #b785cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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