#b78bd4

Color #b78bd4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#b78bd4

RGB

rgb(183, 139, 212)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 45.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 34.4%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(64.39, 30.17, -31.13)

LCH

lch(64.39, 43.35, 314.1)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1139, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 54.5%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8d48b

Analogous

#928bd4

#b78bd4

#d48bcc

Triadic

#b78bd4

#d4b78b

#8bd4b7

Split-complementary

#b78bd4

#ccd48b

#8bd492

Tetradic

#b78bd4

#d48ba8

#a8d48b

#8bd4b7

Square

#b78bd4

#d4928b

#a8d48b

#8bccd4

Shades

Color #b78bd4 mixed toward black.

#9d60c4

#803fab

#602f80

#402055

#20102b

Tints

Color #b78bd4 mixed toward white.

#c39edb

#cfb2e2

#dbc5e9

#e7d8f1

#f3ecf8

Tones

Color #b78bd4 mixed toward gray.

#b691ce

#b497c8

#b39dc2

#b2a3bc

#b1a9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5c6 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#a8abc2 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#b5b9b6 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b78bd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b78bd4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b78bd4 (#b78bd4) is rgb(183, 139, 212) in RGB.

No, #b78bd4 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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