#bb4bdb

Color #bb4bdb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb4bdb

RGB

rgb(187, 75, 219)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 66.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 65.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(52.63, 65.24, -53.55)

LCH

lch(52.63, 84.4, 320.62)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.2239, 317.9)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 29.4%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6bdb4b

Analogous

#734bdb

#bb4bdb

#db4bb3

Triadic

#bb4bdb

#dbbb4b

#4bdbbb

Split-complementary

#bb4bdb

#b3db4b

#4bdb73

Tetradic

#bb4bdb

#db4b6b

#6bdb4b

#4bdbbb

Square

#bb4bdb

#db734b

#6bdb4b

#4bb3db

Shades

Color #bb4bdb mixed toward black.

#a829cc

#8621a3

#65187a

#431052

#220829

Tints

Color #bb4bdb mixed toward white.

#c669e1

#d287e7

#dda5ed

#e8c3f3

#f4e1f9

Tones

Color #bb4bdb mixed toward gray.

#b457cf

#ae63c3

#a76fb7

#a07bab

#9a879f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897c4 · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#9da4be · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#b7b0ab · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb4bdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb4bdb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#bb4bdb (#bb4bdb) is rgb(187, 75, 219) in RGB.

No, #bb4bdb 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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