#bc11ff

Color #bc11ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc11ff

RGB

rgb(188, 17, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.1, 100%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.1, 93.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 93.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(49.87, 87.56, -78.25)

LCH

lch(49.87, 117.43, 318.21)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.2987, 311.93)

HWB

hwb(283.1, 6.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54ff11

Analogous

#4511ff

#bc11ff

#ff11cb

Triadic

#bc11ff

#ffbc11

#11ffbc

Split-complementary

#bc11ff

#cbff11

#11ff45

Tetradic

#bc11ff

#ff1154

#54ff11

#11ffbc

Square

#bc11ff

#ff4511

#54ff11

#11cbff

Shades

Color #bc11ff mixed toward black.

#a300e3

#8200b5

#620088

#41005b

#21002d

Tints

Color #bc11ff mixed toward white.

#c739ff

#d260ff

#dd88ff

#e9b0ff

#f4d7ff

Tones

Color #bc11ff mixed toward gray.

#b325eb

#ab39d7

#a24cc3

#9960b0

#91749c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291e2 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#99a0da · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#b8c7c0 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 32.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc11ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc11ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc11ff (#bc11ff) is rgb(188, 17, 255) in RGB.

No, #bc11ff 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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