#b996ee

Color #b996ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b996ee

RGB

rgb(185, 150, 238)

HSL

hsl(263.9, 72.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.9, 37%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(68.24, 30.43, -39.5)

LCH

lch(68.24, 49.86, 307.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1289, 301.64)

HWB

hwb(263.9, 58.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbee96

Analogous

#969fee

#b996ee

#e596ee

Triadic

#b996ee

#eeb996

#96eeb9

Split-complementary

#b996ee

#eee596

#9fee96

Tetradic

#b996ee

#ee96cb

#cbee96

#96eeb9

Square

#b996ee

#ee969f

#cbee96

#96eee5

Shades

Color #b996ee mixed toward black.

#945ee5

#6f27dc

#531ba7

#37126f

#1c0938

Tints

Color #b996ee mixed toward white.

#c5a8f1

#d0b9f4

#dccbf6

#e8dcf9

#f3eefc

Tones

Color #b996ee mixed toward gray.

#bb9de7

#bca5df

#beacd8

#bfb3d1

#c1bbc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababdd · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#adafd8 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#b7ceca · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b996ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b996ee]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#b996ee (#b996ee) is rgb(185, 150, 238) in RGB.

No, #b996ee 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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