#b96af7

Color #b96af7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b96af7

RGB

rgb(185, 106, 247)

HSL

hsl(273.6, 89.8%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.6, 57.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 57.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(59.29, 56.17, -58.62)

LCH

lch(59.29, 81.19, 313.78)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.2084, 307.59)

HWB

hwb(273.6, 41.6%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8f76a

Analogous

#726af7

#b96af7

#f76aef

Triadic

#b96af7

#f7b96a

#6af7b9

Split-complementary

#b96af7

#eff76a

#6af772

Tetradic

#b96af7

#f76aa8

#a8f76a

#6af7b9

Square

#b96af7

#f7726a

#a8f76a

#6aeff7

Shades

Color #b96af7 mixed toward black.

#9f32f4

#820cdf

#6209a7

#410670

#210338

Tints

Color #b96af7 mixed toward white.

#c583f8

#d09cfa

#dcb4fb

#e8cdfc

#f3e6fe

Tones

Color #b96af7 mixed toward gray.

#b876eb

#b681df

#b58dd4

#b399c8

#b2a5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9cdf · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#a1a6d9 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#b6cac5 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 28.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b96af7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b96af7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#b96af7 (#b96af7) is rgb(185, 106, 247) in RGB.

No, #b96af7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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