#bd51e0

Color #bd51e0

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bd51e0

RGB

rgb(189, 81, 224)

HSL

hsl(285.3, 69.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.3, 63.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(54.12, 64.09, -53.99)

LCH

lch(54.12, 83.8, 319.89)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.2214, 316.9)

HWB

hwb(285.3, 31.8%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74e051

Analogous

#7551e0

#bd51e0

#e051bc

Triadic

#bd51e0

#e0bd51

#51e0bd

Split-complementary

#bd51e0

#bce051

#51e075

Tetradic

#bd51e0

#e05174

#74e051

#51e0bd

Square

#bd51e0

#e07551

#74e051

#51bce0

Shades

Color #bd51e0 mixed toward black.

#ac26d8

#8a1fad

#671781

#450f56

#22082b

Tints

Color #bd51e0 mixed toward white.

#c86ee5

#d38bea

#dea8f0

#e9c5f5

#f4e2fa

Tones

Color #bd51e0 mixed toward gray.

#b75dd4

#b169c8

#ab75bc

#a581b0

#9f8da4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99c9 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa6c3 · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#b9b4af · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd51e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd51e0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#bd51e0 (#bd51e0) is rgb(189, 81, 224) in RGB.

No, #bd51e0 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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