#bc71ec

Color #bc71ec

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bc71ec

RGB

rgb(188, 113, 236)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 76.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 52.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 52.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(60.39, 50.91, -50.74)

LCH

lch(60.39, 71.88, 315.1)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1868, 310.5)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 44.3%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1ec71

Analogous

#7e71ec

#bc71ec

#ec71de

Triadic

#bc71ec

#ecbc71

#71ecbc

Split-complementary

#bc71ec

#deec71

#71ec7e

Tetradic

#bc71ec

#ec71a1

#a1ec71

#71ecbc

Square

#bc71ec

#ec7e71

#a1ec71

#71deec

Shades

Color #bc71ec mixed toward black.

#a43ee5

#881bcd

#66159a

#440e67

#220733

Tints

Color #bc71ec mixed toward white.

#c789ef

#d2a0f2

#ddb8f5

#e9d0f9

#f4e7fc

Tones

Color #bc71ec mixed toward gray.

#ba7be2

#b785d7

#b590cd

#b39ac3

#b1a4b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a0d6 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#a5aad1 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#b9c3bf · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc71ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc71ec]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc71ec (#bc71ec) is rgb(188, 113, 236) in RGB.

No, #bc71ec 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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