#b951f7

Color #b951f7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b951f7

RGB

rgb(185, 81, 247)

HSL

hsl(277.6, 91.2%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.6, 67.2%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 67.2%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(54.99, 67.9, -65.52)

LCH

lch(54.99, 94.36, 316.02)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.2419, 310)

HWB

hwb(277.6, 31.8%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ff751

Analogous

#6651f7

#b951f7

#f751e2

Triadic

#b951f7

#f7b951

#51f7b9

Split-complementary

#b951f7

#e2f751

#51f766

Tetradic

#b951f7

#f7518f

#8ff751

#51f7b9

Square

#b951f7

#f76651

#8ff751

#51e2f7

Shades

Color #b951f7 mixed toward black.

#a41df5

#870ad1

#65079d

#430569

#220234

Tints

Color #b951f7 mixed toward white.

#c56ef8

#d08bfa

#dca8fb

#e8c5fc

#f3e2fe

Tones

Color #b951f7 mixed toward gray.

#b55fe9

#b26ddb

#ae7acd

#ab88c0

#a796b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796dd · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#9ca3d6 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#b6c6c0 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b951f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b951f7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b951f7 (#b951f7) is rgb(185, 81, 247) in RGB.

No, #b951f7 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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