#b87edc

Color #b87edc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b87edc

RGB

rgb(184, 126, 220)

HSL

hsl(277, 57.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 42.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 42.7%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(61.9, 39.39, -39.48)

LCH

lch(61.9, 55.77, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1461, 311.45)

HWB

hwb(277, 49.4%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2dc7e

Analogous

#897edc

#b87edc

#dc7ed1

Triadic

#b87edc

#dcb87e

#7edcb8

Split-complementary

#b87edc

#d1dc7e

#7edc89

Tetradic

#b87edc

#dc7ea2

#a2dc7e

#7edcb8

Square

#b87edc

#dc897e

#a2dc7e

#7ed1dc

Shades

Color #b87edc mixed toward black.

#9f51d0

#8331b5

#622588

#41195b

#210c2d

Tints

Color #b87edc mixed toward white.

#c493e2

#d0a9e8

#dbbeed

#e7d4f3

#f3e9f9

Tones

Color #b87edc mixed toward gray.

#b686d4

#b48ecc

#b295c4

#b19dbd

#afa5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ca · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#a5a9c6 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#b6bbb7 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 25.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b87edc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b87edc]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b87edc (#b87edc) is rgb(184, 126, 220) in RGB.

No, #b87edc 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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