#b872df

Color #b872df

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b872df

RGB

rgb(184, 114, 223)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 63%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 48.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(59.48, 46.51, -44.95)

LCH

lch(59.48, 64.68, 315.98)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1693, 312.27)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 44.7%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99df72

Analogous

#8272df

#b872df

#df72d0

Triadic

#b872df

#dfb872

#72dfb8

Split-complementary

#b872df

#d0df72

#72df82

Tetradic

#b872df

#df7299

#99df72

#72dfb8

Square

#b872df

#df8272

#99df72

#72d0df

Shades

Color #b872df mixed toward black.

#a144d5

#842ab7

#631f89

#42155c

#210a2e

Tints

Color #b872df mixed toward white.

#c48ae4

#d0a1ea

#dbb9ef

#e7d0f4

#f3e8fa

Tones

Color #b872df mixed toward gray.

#b57bd6

#b384cd

#b08dc4

#ae96bb

#ab9fb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ecb · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a2a7c6 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#b5bab6 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 26.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b872df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b872df]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b872df (#b872df) is rgb(184, 114, 223) in RGB.

No, #b872df 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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