#b993ca

Color #b993ca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.07 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b993ca

RGB

rgb(185, 147, 202)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 34.2%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 27.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(66.09, 24.24, -22.92)

LCH

lch(66.09, 33.36, 316.6)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0886, 315.23)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 57.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4ca93

Analogous

#9d93ca

#b993ca

#ca93bf

Triadic

#b993ca

#cab993

#93cab9

Split-complementary

#b993ca

#bfca93

#93ca9d

Tetradic

#b993ca

#ca93a4

#a4ca93

#93cab9

Square

#b993ca

#ca9d93

#a4ca93

#93bfca

Shades

Color #b993ca mixed toward black.

#a06cb7

#844d9c

#633975

#42264e

#211327

Tints

Color #b993ca mixed toward white.

#c5a5d3

#d0b7dc

#dcc9e4

#e8dbed

#f3edf6

Tones

Color #b993ca mixed toward gray.

#b797c5

#b59cc1

#b4a1bc

#b2a5b8

#b0aab3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaabf · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#acafbc · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#b7b5b3 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b993ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b993ca]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b993ca (#b993ca) is rgb(185, 147, 202) in RGB.

No, #b993ca 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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