#bd21ff

Color #bd21ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 15.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bd21ff

RGB

rgb(189, 33, 255)

HSL

hsl(282.2, 100%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.2, 87.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 87.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(50.84, 85.28, -76.67)

LCH

lch(50.84, 114.68, 318.04)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.2923, 311.88)

HWB

hwb(282.2, 12.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63ff21

Analogous

#4e21ff

#bd21ff

#ff21d2

Triadic

#bd21ff

#ffbd21

#21ffbd

Split-complementary

#bd21ff

#d2ff21

#21ff4e

Tetradic

#bd21ff

#ff2163

#63ff21

#21ffbd

Square

#bd21ff

#ff4e21

#63ff21

#21d2ff

Shades

Color #bd21ff mixed toward black.

#a900f0

#8700c0

#650090

#440060

#220030

Tints

Color #bd21ff mixed toward white.

#c846ff

#d36bff

#de90ff

#e9b5ff

#f4daff

Tones

Color #bd21ff mixed toward gray.

#b634ed

#ae46da

#a759c8

#9f6bb5

#987ea3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493e2 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#9aa2da · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#b9c7c1 · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 32

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd21ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd21ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bd21ff (#bd21ff) is rgb(189, 33, 255) in RGB.

No, #bd21ff 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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