#bb3ced

Color #bb3ced

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bb3ced

RGB

rgb(187, 60, 237)

HSL

hsl(283.1, 83.1%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.1, 74.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(51.74, 74.4, -65.16)

LCH

lch(51.74, 98.9, 318.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.2567, 314.21)

HWB

hwb(283.1, 23.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6eed3c

Analogous

#633ced

#bb3ced

#ed3cc6

Triadic

#bb3ced

#edbb3c

#3cedbb

Split-complementary

#bb3ced

#c6ed3c

#3ced63

Tetradic

#bb3ced

#ed3c6e

#6eed3c

#3cedbb

Square

#bb3ced

#ed633c

#6eed3c

#3cc6ed

Shades

Color #bb3ced mixed toward black.

#a915e2

#8711b5

#650d88

#43085b

#22042d

Tints

Color #bb3ced mixed toward white.

#c65cf0

#d27df3

#dd9df6

#e8bef9

#f4defc

Tones

Color #bb3ced mixed toward gray.

#b54bde

#ae59cf

#a868c1

#a177b2

#9b86a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594d3 · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#9ba2cc · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#b7bbb6 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 30.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb3ced;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb3ced]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb3ced (#bb3ced) is rgb(187, 60, 237) in RGB.

No, #bb3ced 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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