#bc82e2

Color #bc82e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bc82e2

RGB

rgb(188, 130, 226)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 62.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 42.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 42.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(63.47, 39.66, -40.33)

LCH

lch(63.47, 56.56, 314.52)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.148, 310.89)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 51%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8e282

Analogous

#8c82e2

#bc82e2

#e282d8

Triadic

#bc82e2

#e2bc82

#82e2bc

Split-complementary

#bc82e2

#d8e282

#82e28c

Tetradic

#bc82e2

#e282a8

#a8e282

#82e2bc

Square

#bc82e2

#e28c82

#a8e282

#82d8e2

Shades

Color #bc82e2 mixed toward black.

#a252d7

#862dc1

#652290

#431660

#220b30

Tints

Color #bc82e2 mixed toward white.

#c797e7

#d2acec

#dec1f0

#e9d5f5

#f4eafa

Tones

Color #bc82e2 mixed toward gray.

#ba8ada

#b992d2

#b79aca

#b5a2c2

#b4aaba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6d0 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#a9adcb · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#bac0bc · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc82e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc82e2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc82e2 (#bc82e2) is rgb(188, 130, 226) in RGB.

No, #bc82e2 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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