#bd09ff

Color #bd09ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bd09ff

RGB

rgb(189, 9, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.9, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.9, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 96.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(49.78, 88.42, -78.4)

LCH

lch(49.78, 118.17, 318.44)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.301, 312.31)

HWB

hwb(283.9, 3.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4bff09

Analogous

#4209ff

#bd09ff

#ff09c6

Triadic

#bd09ff

#ffbd09

#09ffbd

Split-complementary

#bd09ff

#c6ff09

#09ff42

Tetradic

#bd09ff

#ff094b

#4bff09

#09ffbd

Square

#bd09ff

#ff4209

#4bff09

#09c6ff

Shades

Color #bd09ff mixed toward black.

#a100dc

#8100b0

#610084

#400058

#20002c

Tints

Color #bd09ff mixed toward white.

#c832ff

#d35bff

#de84ff

#e9adff

#f4d6ff

Tones

Color #bd09ff mixed toward gray.

#b41eeb

#aa32d6

#a147c2

#975bad

#8e7099

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9391e2 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#99a1da · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#b9c7c0 · ΔE 41.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd09ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd09ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bd09ff (#bd09ff) is rgb(189, 9, 255) in RGB.

No, #bd09ff 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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