#bb5cf7

Color #bb5cf7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bb5cf7

RGB

rgb(187, 92, 247)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 90.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 62.8%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(57.01, 63.41, -62.25)

LCH

lch(57.01, 88.86, 315.53)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.2284, 309.74)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 36.1%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98f75c

Analogous

#6e5cf7

#bb5cf7

#f75ce5

Triadic

#bb5cf7

#f7bb5c

#5cf7bb

Split-complementary

#bb5cf7

#e5f75c

#5cf76e

Tetradic

#bb5cf7

#f75c98

#98f75c

#5cf7bb

Square

#bb5cf7

#f76e5c

#98f75c

#5ce5f7

Shades

Color #bb5cf7 mixed toward black.

#a526f4

#880bd7

#6608a2

#44056c

#220336

Tints

Color #bb5cf7 mixed toward white.

#c677f8

#d292fa

#ddaefb

#e8c9fc

#f4e4fe

Tones

Color #bb5cf7 mixed toward gray.

#b869ea

#b576dd

#b283d0

#af90c3

#ac9db6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ade · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a6d8 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#b8c7c2 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb5cf7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb5cf7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bb5cf7 (#bb5cf7) is rgb(187, 92, 247) in RGB.

No, #bb5cf7 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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