#bc6aeb

Color #bc6aeb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bc6aeb

RGB

rgb(188, 106, 235)

HSL

hsl(278.1, 76.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.1, 54.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(58.97, 54.28, -52.43)

LCH

lch(58.97, 75.47, 315.99)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.1964, 311.57)

HWB

hwb(278.1, 41.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99eb6a

Analogous

#7c6aeb

#bc6aeb

#eb6ada

Triadic

#bc6aeb

#ebbc6a

#6aebbc

Split-complementary

#bc6aeb

#daeb6a

#6aeb7c

Tetradic

#bc6aeb

#eb6a99

#99eb6a

#6aebbc

Square

#bc6aeb

#eb7c6a

#99eb6a

#6adaeb

Shades

Color #bc6aeb mixed toward black.

#a538e4

#891bc9

#671496

#450d64

#220732

Tints

Color #bc6aeb mixed toward white.

#c783ee

#d29cf2

#ddb5f5

#e9cdf8

#f4e6fc

Tones

Color #bc6aeb mixed toward gray.

#b975e0

#b680d6

#b38acb

#b095c0

#ada0b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fd5 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a9cf · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#b9c1bc · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc6aeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc6aeb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc6aeb (#bc6aeb) is rgb(188, 106, 235) in RGB.

No, #bc6aeb 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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