#bb9eca

Color #bb9eca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bb9eca

RGB

rgb(187, 158, 202)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 29.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 21.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(68.96, 18.77, -18.55)

LCH

lch(68.96, 26.39, 315.34)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0699, 314.07)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 62%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adca9e

Analogous

#a59eca

#bb9eca

#ca9ec3

Triadic

#bb9eca

#cabb9e

#9ecabb

Split-complementary

#bb9eca

#c3ca9e

#9ecaa5

Tetradic

#bb9eca

#ca9ead

#adca9e

#9ecabb

Square

#bb9eca

#caa59e

#adca9e

#9ec3ca

Shades

Color #bb9eca mixed toward black.

#a077b5

#83559b

#624074

#422a4e

#211527

Tints

Color #bb9eca mixed toward white.

#c6aed3

#d2bedc

#ddcfe4

#e8dfed

#f4eff6

Tones

Color #bb9eca mixed toward gray.

#baa2c6

#b9a5c3

#b8a9bf

#b6adbb

#b5b0b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafc1 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#b1b3be · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#bab9b7 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb9eca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb9eca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb9eca (#bb9eca) is rgb(187, 158, 202) in RGB.

No, #bb9eca 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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