#bb43eb

Color #bb43eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb43eb

RGB

rgb(187, 67, 235)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 80.8%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 71.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(52.49, 71.5, -62.83)

LCH

lch(52.49, 95.18, 318.69)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.2477, 314.33)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 26.3%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73eb43

Analogous

#6743eb

#bb43eb

#eb43c7

Triadic

#bb43eb

#ebbb43

#43ebbb

Split-complementary

#bb43eb

#c7eb43

#43eb67

Tetradic

#bb43eb

#eb4373

#73eb43

#43ebbb

Square

#bb43eb

#eb6743

#73eb43

#43c7eb

Shades

Color #bb43eb mixed toward black.

#aa18e3

#8813b6

#660e88

#440a5b

#22052d

Tints

Color #bb43eb mixed toward white.

#c662ee

#d282f2

#dda1f5

#e8c0f8

#f4e0fc

Tones

Color #bb43eb mixed toward gray.

#b551dd

#af5fcf

#a96dc1

#a37bb3

#9d89a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695d2 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#9ca3cb · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#b7bbb5 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 30.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb43eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb43eb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb43eb (#bb43eb) is rgb(187, 67, 235) in RGB.

No, #bb43eb 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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