#b78adb

Color #b78adb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b78adb

RGB

rgb(183, 138, 219)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 52.9%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 37%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 37%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(64.45, 32.25, -34.94)

LCH

lch(64.45, 47.55, 312.71)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1242, 309.02)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 54.1%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aedb8a

Analogous

#8e8adb

#b78adb

#db8ad7

Triadic

#b78adb

#dbb78a

#8adbb7

Split-complementary

#b78adb

#d7db8a

#8adb8e

Tetradic

#b78adb

#db8aae

#aedb8a

#8adbb7

Square

#b78adb

#db8e8a

#aedb8a

#8ad7db

Shades

Color #b78adb mixed toward black.

#9b5dcd

#7e38b6

#5e2a88

#3f1c5b

#1f0e2d

Tints

Color #b78adb mixed toward white.

#c39ee1

#cfb1e7

#dbc5ed

#e7d8f3

#f3ecf9

Tones

Color #b78adb mixed toward gray.

#b691d4

#b598cd

#b59ec7

#b4a5c0

#b3acb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5cb · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#a8abc7 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#b5bdba · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b78adb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b78adb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b78adb (#b78adb) is rgb(183, 138, 219) in RGB.

No, #b78adb 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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