#bc5df7

Color #bc5df7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc5df7

RGB

rgb(188, 93, 247)

HSL

hsl(277, 90.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 62.3%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(57.3, 63.16, -61.77)

LCH

lch(57.3, 88.34, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.2274, 309.99)

HWB

hwb(277, 36.5%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98f75d

Analogous

#6f5df7

#bc5df7

#f75de5

Triadic

#bc5df7

#f7bc5d

#5df7bc

Split-complementary

#bc5df7

#e5f75d

#5df76f

Tetradic

#bc5df7

#f75d98

#98f75d

#5df7bc

Square

#bc5df7

#f76f5d

#98f75d

#5de5f7

Shades

Color #bc5df7 mixed toward black.

#a627f4

#890bd8

#6708a2

#45056c

#220336

Tints

Color #bc5df7 mixed toward white.

#c778f8

#d293fa

#deaefb

#e9c9fc

#f4e4fe

Tones

Color #bc5df7 mixed toward gray.

#b96aea

#b677dd

#b384d1

#b090c4

#ad9db7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bde · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a7d8 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#b9c8c2 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc5df7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc5df7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc5df7 (#bc5df7) is rgb(188, 93, 247) in RGB.

No, #bc5df7 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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