#bd5ef8

Color #bd5ef8

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bd5ef8

RGB

rgb(189, 94, 248)

HSL

hsl(277, 91.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 62.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(57.66, 63.13, -61.75)

LCH

lch(57.66, 88.31, 315.63)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.2273, 310.02)

HWB

hwb(277, 36.9%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99f85e

Analogous

#705ef8

#bd5ef8

#f85ee6

Triadic

#bd5ef8

#f8bd5e

#5ef8bd

Split-complementary

#bd5ef8

#e6f85e

#5ef870

Tetradic

#bd5ef8

#f85e99

#99f85e

#5ef8bd

Square

#bd5ef8

#f8705e

#99f85e

#5ee6f8

Shades

Color #bd5ef8 mixed toward black.

#a728f6

#8a09db

#6807a4

#45056d

#230237

Tints

Color #bd5ef8 mixed toward white.

#c879f9

#d394fa

#deaffc

#e9c9fd

#f4e4fe

Tones

Color #bd5ef8 mixed toward gray.

#ba6beb

#b778de

#b485d2

#b191c5

#ae9eb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9cdf · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a8d9 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#bac8c3 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd5ef8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd5ef8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd5ef8 (#bd5ef8) is rgb(189, 94, 248) in RGB.

No, #bd5ef8 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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