#b87bd3

Color #b87bd3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b87bd3

RGB

rgb(184, 123, 211)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 50%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 41.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 41.7%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(60.83, 39.11, -36.09)

LCH

lch(60.83, 53.22, 317.3)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1408, 314.91)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 48.2%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96d37b

Analogous

#8c7bd3

#b87bd3

#d37bc2

Triadic

#b87bd3

#d3b87b

#7bd3b8

Split-complementary

#b87bd3

#c2d37b

#7bd38c

Tetradic

#b87bd3

#d37b96

#96d37b

#7bd3b8

Square

#b87bd3

#d38c7b

#96d37b

#7bc2d3

Shades

Color #b87bd3 mixed toward black.

#a251c5

#8538a7

#642a7d

#421c54

#210e2a

Tints

Color #b87bd3 mixed toward white.

#c491da

#d0a7e2

#dcbde9

#e7d3f0

#f3e9f8

Tones

Color #b87bd3 mixed toward gray.

#b582cc

#b28ac4

#b091bd

#ad98b6

#aaa0ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1c2 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#a5a9be · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#b6b4b0 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b87bd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b87bd3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b87bd3 (#b87bd3) is rgb(184, 123, 211) in RGB.

No, #b87bd3 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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