#bb71ee

Color #bb71ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bb71ee

RGB

rgb(187, 113, 238)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 78.6%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 52.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 52.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(60.38, 51.09, -51.87)

LCH

lch(60.38, 72.81, 314.57)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1887, 309.6)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 44.3%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4ee71

Analogous

#7c71ee

#bb71ee

#ee71e3

Triadic

#bb71ee

#eebb71

#71eebb

Split-complementary

#bb71ee

#e3ee71

#71ee7c

Tetradic

#bb71ee

#ee71a4

#a4ee71

#71eebb

Square

#bb71ee

#ee7c71

#a4ee71

#71e3ee

Shades

Color #bb71ee mixed toward black.

#a23de8

#8619d1

#64139d

#430d68

#210634

Tints

Color #bb71ee mixed toward white.

#c689f1

#d2a0f4

#ddb8f6

#e8d0f9

#f4e7fc

Tones

Color #bb71ee mixed toward gray.

#b97be4

#b786d9

#b590cf

#b39bc4

#b1a5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d8 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a9d3 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#b8c5c0 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb71ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb71ee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bb71ee (#bb71ee) is rgb(187, 113, 238) in RGB.

No, #bb71ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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