#bb99fb

Color #bb99fb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.42 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bb99fb

RGB

rgb(187, 153, 251)

HSL

hsl(260.8, 92.5%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.8, 39%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 39%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(69.69, 32.36, -44.32)

LCH

lch(69.69, 54.88, 306.13)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.1412, 298.98)

HWB

hwb(260.8, 60%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9fb99

Analogous

#99a8fb

#bb99fb

#ec99fb

Triadic

#bb99fb

#fbbb99

#99fbbb

Split-complementary

#bb99fb

#fbec99

#a8fb99

Tetradic

#bb99fb

#fb99d9

#d9fb99

#99fbbb

Square

#bb99fb

#fb99a8

#d9fb99

#99fbec

Shades

Color #bb99fb mixed toward black.

#9058f8

#6417f6

#4808c2

#300582

#180341

Tints

Color #bb99fb mixed toward white.

#c6aafc

#d2bbfc

#ddccfd

#e8ddfe

#f4eefe

Tones

Color #bb99fb mixed toward gray.

#bda1f3

#c0a9eb

#c2b1e2

#c5bada

#c7c2d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adade8 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#afb2e3 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#b9d8d4 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb99fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb99fb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#bb99fb (#bb99fb) is rgb(187, 153, 251) in RGB.

No, #bb99fb 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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