#b853f7

Color #b853f7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b853f7

RGB

rgb(184, 83, 247)

HSL

hsl(277, 91.1%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 66.4%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(55.17, 66.83, -65.23)

LCH

lch(55.17, 93.39, 315.69)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.239, 309.52)

HWB

hwb(277, 32.5%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92f753

Analogous

#6653f7

#b853f7

#f753e4

Triadic

#b853f7

#f7b853

#53f7b8

Split-complementary

#b853f7

#e4f753

#53f766

Tetradic

#b853f7

#f75392

#92f753

#53f7b8

Square

#b853f7

#f76653

#92f753

#53e4f7

Shades

Color #b853f7 mixed toward black.

#a21ef5

#850ad2

#64079e

#430569

#210235

Tints

Color #b853f7 mixed toward white.

#c470f8

#d08cfa

#dca9fb

#e7c6fc

#f3e2fe

Tones

Color #b853f7 mixed toward gray.

#b561e9

#b26edc

#af7cce

#ab8ac0

#a897b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796dd · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#9ca2d7 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#b5c6c0 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 30.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b853f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b853f7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b853f7 (#b853f7) is rgb(184, 83, 247) in RGB.

No, #b853f7 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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