#bb4fbb

Color #bb4fbb

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bb4fbb

RGB

rgb(187, 79, 187)

HSL

hsl(300, 44.3%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 57.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(51.55, 57.61, -36.92)

LCH

lch(51.55, 68.43, 327.35)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.1898, 327.61)

HWB

hwb(300, 31%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4fbb4f

Analogous

#854fbb

#bb4fbb

#bb4f85

Triadic

#bb4fbb

#bbbb4f

#4fbbbb

Split-complementary

#bb4fbb

#85bb4f

#4fbb85

Tetradic

#bb4fbb

#bb4f4f

#4fbb4f

#4fbbbb

Square

#bb4fbb

#bb854f

#4fbb4f

#4f85bb

Shades

Color #bb4fbb mixed toward black.

#a03ea0

#803180

#602560

#401940

#200c20

Tints

Color #bb4fbb mixed toward white.

#c66cc6

#d28ad2

#dda7dd

#e8c4e8

#f4e2f4

Tones

Color #bb4fbb mixed toward gray.

#b258b2

#a961a9

#a06aa0

#977397

#8e7c8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a9 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#9ea4a4 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#b79894 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb4fbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb4fbb]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#bb4fbb (#bb4fbb) is rgb(187, 79, 187) in RGB.

No, #bb4fbb 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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