#bb8dd3

Color #bb8dd3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bb8dd3

RGB

rgb(187, 141, 211)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 44.3%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 33.2%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(65.21, 30.09, -29.27)

LCH

lch(65.21, 41.98, 315.79)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.111, 313.65)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 55.3%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5d38d

Analogous

#988dd3

#bb8dd3

#d38dc8

Triadic

#bb8dd3

#d3bb8d

#8dd3bb

Split-complementary

#bb8dd3

#c8d38d

#8dd398

Tetradic

#bb8dd3

#d38da5

#a5d38d

#8dd3bb

Square

#bb8dd3

#d3988d

#a5d38d

#8dc8d3

Shades

Color #bb8dd3 mixed toward black.

#a263c3

#8641a9

#64317f

#432155

#21102a

Tints

Color #bb8dd3 mixed toward white.

#c6a0da

#d2b3e2

#ddc6e9

#e8d9f0

#f4ecf8

Tones

Color #bb8dd3 mixed toward gray.

#b993cd

#b799c7

#b59ec1

#b4a4bc

#b2aab6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c5 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#acafc1 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#b9b9b6 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb8dd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb8dd3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb8dd3 (#bb8dd3) is rgb(187, 141, 211) in RGB.

No, #bb8dd3 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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