#bb9bca

Color #bb9bca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bb9bca

RGB

rgb(187, 155, 202)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 30.7%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 23.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(68.22, 20.44, -19.66)

LCH

lch(68.22, 28.36, 316.11)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0752, 314.89)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 60.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaca9b

Analogous

#a49bca

#bb9bca

#ca9bc1

Triadic

#bb9bca

#cabb9b

#9bcabb

Split-complementary

#bb9bca

#c1ca9b

#9bcaa4

Tetradic

#bb9bca

#ca9baa

#aaca9b

#9bcabb

Square

#bb9bca

#caa49b

#aaca9b

#9bc1ca

Shades

Color #bb9bca mixed toward black.

#a174b5

#84529c

#633e75

#42294e

#211527

Tints

Color #bb9bca mixed toward white.

#c6acd3

#d2bcdc

#ddcde4

#e8deed

#f4eef6

Tones

Color #bb9bca mixed toward gray.

#ba9fc6

#b8a3c2

#b7a7be

#b5abba

#b4afb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaec0 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#b0b2bd · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#bab8b6 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb9bca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb9bca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb9bca (#bb9bca) is rgb(187, 155, 202) in RGB.

No, #bb9bca 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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