#bc53f8

Color #bc53f8

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bc53f8

RGB

rgb(188, 83, 248)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 92.2%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 66.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(55.74, 67.86, -64.84)

LCH

lch(55.74, 93.86, 316.3)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.2413, 310.6)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 32.5%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ff853

Analogous

#6a53f8

#bc53f8

#f853e1

Triadic

#bc53f8

#f8bc53

#53f8bc

Split-complementary

#bc53f8

#e1f853

#53f86a

Tetradic

#bc53f8

#f8538f

#8ff853

#53f8bc

Square

#bc53f8

#f86a53

#8ff853

#53e1f8

Shades

Color #bc53f8 mixed toward black.

#a71ef6

#8a09d4

#68069f

#45046a

#230235

Tints

Color #bc53f8 mixed toward white.

#c770f9

#d28cfa

#dea9fc

#e9c6fd

#f4e2fe

Tones

Color #bc53f8 mixed toward gray.

#b861ea

#b56edd

#b17ccf

#ad8ac1

#a998b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99de · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa5d7 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#b8c7c1 · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc53f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc53f8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc53f8 (#bc53f8) is rgb(188, 83, 248) in RGB.

No, #bc53f8 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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