#bd4aaa

Color #bd4aaa

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 13.84 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bd4aaa

RGB

rgb(189, 74, 170)

HSL

hsl(309.9, 46.6%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.9, 60.8%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 10.1%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(50.24, 57.51, -29.03)

LCH

lch(50.24, 64.42, 333.22)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.1846, 334.66)

HWB

hwb(309.9, 29%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4abd5d

Analogous

#974abd

#bd4aaa

#bd4a71

Triadic

#bd4aaa

#aabd4a

#4aaabd

Split-complementary

#bd4aaa

#71bd4a

#4abd97

Tetradic

#bd4aaa

#bd5d4a

#4abd5d

#4aaabd

Square

#bd4aaa

#bd974a

#4abd5d

#4a71bd

Shades

Color #bd4aaa mixed toward black.

#a13b90

#812f73

#602356

#40173a

#200c1d

Tints

Color #bd4aaa mixed toward white.

#c868b8

#d386c6

#dea5d5

#e9c3e3

#f4e1f1

Tones

Color #bd4aaa mixed toward gray.

#b454a4

#aa5d9d

#a06797

#977090

#8d7a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99989a · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#9ea595 · ΔE 43.5

Tritanopia

#b98b87 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd4aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd4aaa]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#bd4aaa (#bd4aaa) is rgb(189, 74, 170) in RGB.

No, #bd4aaa 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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