#b956b7

Color #b956b7

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b956b7

RGB

rgb(185, 86, 183)

HSL

hsl(301.2, 41.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(301.2, 53.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 1.1%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(52.28, 53.11, -33.48)

LCH

lch(52.28, 62.78, 327.77)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.1746, 328.2)

HWB

hwb(301.2, 33.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56b958

Analogous

#8956b9

#b956b7

#b95685

Triadic

#b956b7

#b7b956

#56b7b9

Split-complementary

#b956b7

#85b956

#56b989

Tetradic

#b956b7

#b95856

#56b958

#56b7b9

Square

#b956b7

#b98956

#56b958

#5685b9

Shades

Color #b956b7 mixed toward black.

#a0429e

#80357e

#60285f

#401a3f

#200d20

Tints

Color #b956b7 mixed toward white.

#c572c3

#d08ecf

#dcaadb

#e8c7e7

#f3e3f3

Tones

Color #b956b7 mixed toward gray.

#b15eaf

#a866a7

#a06f9f

#987797

#907f8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a6 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#9da3a2 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#b69793 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b956b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b956b7]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b956b7 (#b956b7) is rgb(185, 86, 183) in RGB.

No, #b956b7 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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