#bc74e5

Color #bc74e5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bc74e5

RGB

rgb(188, 116, 229)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 68.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 49.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 49.3%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(60.64, 47.83, -46.44)

LCH

lch(60.64, 66.67, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1743, 312.02)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 45.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9de574

Analogous

#8374e5

#bc74e5

#e574d6

Triadic

#bc74e5

#e5bc74

#74e5bc

Split-complementary

#bc74e5

#d6e574

#74e583

Tetradic

#bc74e5

#e5749d

#9de574

#74e5bc

Square

#bc74e5

#e58374

#9de574

#74d6e5

Shades

Color #bc74e5 mixed toward black.

#a443dc

#8824c2

#661b91

#441261

#220930

Tints

Color #bc74e5 mixed toward white.

#c78be9

#d2a2ee

#ddb9f2

#e9d1f6

#f4e8fb

Tones

Color #bc74e5 mixed toward gray.

#b97ddc

#b787d2

#b490c9

#b29abf

#afa3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1d1 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a6aacc · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#b9bfbb · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc74e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc74e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc74e5 (#bc74e5) is rgb(188, 116, 229) in RGB.

No, #bc74e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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