#b973ff

Color #b973ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 15.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b973ff

RGB

rgb(185, 115, 255)

HSL

hsl(270, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(61.48, 53.37, -59.53)

LCH

lch(61.48, 79.95, 311.88)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.2041, 304.7)

HWB

hwb(270, 45.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9ff73

Analogous

#7373ff

#b973ff

#ff73ff

Triadic

#b973ff

#ffb973

#73ffb9

Split-complementary

#b973ff

#ffff73

#73ff73

Tetradic

#b973ff

#ff73b9

#b9ff73

#73ffb9

Square

#b973ff

#ff7373

#b9ff73

#73ffff

Shades

Color #b973ff mixed toward black.

#9a35ff

#7b00f7

#5c00b9

#3e007b

#1f003e

Tints

Color #b973ff mixed toward white.

#c58aff

#d0a2ff

#dcb9ff

#e8d0ff

#f3e8ff

Tones

Color #b973ff mixed toward gray.

#b97ef3

#b98ae8

#b996dc

#b9a2d0

#b9adc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a09fe7 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#a3a8e1 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#b6d2cc · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b973ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b973ff]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#b973ff (#b973ff) is rgb(185, 115, 255) in RGB.

No, #b973ff 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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