#bb5fcd

Color #bb5fcd

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.37 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb5fcd

RGB

rgb(187, 95, 205)

HSL

hsl(290.2, 52.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290.2, 53.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(55.24, 53.38, -41.46)

LCH

lch(55.24, 67.59, 322.16)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.1822, 320.86)

HWB

hwb(290.2, 37.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71cd5f

Analogous

#845fcd

#bb5fcd

#cd5fa8

Triadic

#bb5fcd

#cdbb5f

#5fcdbb

Split-complementary

#bb5fcd

#a8cd5f

#5fcd84

Tetradic

#bb5fcd

#cd5f71

#71cd5f

#5fcdbb

Square

#bb5fcd

#cd845f

#71cd5f

#5fa8cd

Shades

Color #bb5fcd mixed toward black.

#a93bbe

#873098

#652472

#44184c

#220c26

Tints

Color #bb5fcd mixed toward white.

#c67ad5

#d294de

#ddafe6

#e8caee

#f4e4f7

Tones

Color #bb5fcd mixed toward gray.

#b568c4

#af71bb

#a87ab1

#a284a8

#9c8d9f

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

#9c9bba · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#a0a6b5 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#b8a9a5 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb5fcd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb5fcd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#bb5fcd (#bb5fcd) is rgb(187, 95, 205) in RGB.

No, #bb5fcd 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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