#bc82dd

Color #bc82dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc82dd

RGB

rgb(188, 130, 221)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 57.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 41.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(63.24, 38.58, -37.9)

LCH

lch(63.24, 54.08, 315.51)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.1422, 312.46)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 51%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3dd82

Analogous

#8e82dd

#bc82dd

#dd82d1

Triadic

#bc82dd

#ddbc82

#82ddbc

Split-complementary

#bc82dd

#d1dd82

#82dd8e

Tetradic

#bc82dd

#dd82a3

#a3dd82

#82ddbc

Square

#bc82dd

#dd8e82

#a3dd82

#82d1dd

Shades

Color #bc82dd mixed toward black.

#a354d0

#8732b8

#65268a

#44195c

#220d2e

Tints

Color #bc82dd mixed toward white.

#c797e3

#d2ace8

#ddc0ee

#e9d5f4

#f4eaf9

Tones

Color #bc82dd mixed toward gray.

#ba8ad5

#b891ce

#b699c6

#b4a0bf

#b2a8b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6cc · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#a9adc7 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#babdb9 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc82dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc82dd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc82dd (#bc82dd) is rgb(188, 130, 221) in RGB.

No, #bc82dd 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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