#bb5ade

Color #bb5ade

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 4.04 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb5ade

RGB

rgb(187, 90, 222)

HSL

hsl(284.1, 66.7%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.1, 59.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(55.23, 59.15, -51.11)

LCH

lch(55.23, 78.17, 319.17)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.2063, 316.12)

HWB

hwb(284.1, 35.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dde5a

Analogous

#795ade

#bb5ade

#de5abf

Triadic

#bb5ade

#debb5a

#5adebb

Split-complementary

#bb5ade

#bfde5a

#5ade79

Tetradic

#bb5ade

#de5a7d

#7dde5a

#5adebb

Square

#bb5ade

#de795a

#7dde5a

#5abfde

Shades

Color #bb5ade mixed toward black.

#a92fd5

#8923ad

#661a82

#441157

#22092b

Tints

Color #bb5ade mixed toward white.

#c676e4

#d291e9

#ddadef

#e8c8f4

#f4e4fa

Tones

Color #bb5ade mixed toward gray.

#b665d3

#b170c8

#ac7bbd

#a686b2

#a191a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ac8 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#9fa5c2 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#b8b4b0 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb5ade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb5ade]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb5ade (#bb5ade) is rgb(187, 90, 222) in RGB.

No, #bb5ade 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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