#bb5ce1

Color #bb5ce1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 5.04 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb5ce1

RGB

rgb(187, 92, 225)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 68.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 59.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 59.1%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(55.74, 58.81, -51.98)

LCH

lch(55.74, 78.49, 318.53)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.2064, 315.14)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 36.1%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82e15c

Analogous

#795ce1

#bb5ce1

#e15cc4

Triadic

#bb5ce1

#e1bb5c

#5ce1bb

Split-complementary

#bb5ce1

#c4e15c

#5ce179

Tetradic

#bb5ce1

#e15c82

#82e15c

#5ce1bb

Square

#bb5ce1

#e1795c

#82e15c

#5cc4e1

Shades

Color #bb5ce1 mixed toward black.

#a930d9

#8921b3

#671986

#451059

#22082d

Tints

Color #bb5ce1 mixed toward white.

#c677e6

#d292eb

#ddaef0

#e8c9f5

#f4e4fa

Tones

Color #bb5ce1 mixed toward gray.

#b667d6

#b272cb

#ad7dc0

#a888b5

#a394aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9acb · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#a0a6c5 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#b8b7b2 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb5ce1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb5ce1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb5ce1 (#bb5ce1) is rgb(187, 92, 225) in RGB.

No, #bb5ce1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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