#bd71e9

Color #bd71e9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bd71e9

RGB

rgb(189, 113, 233)

HSL

hsl(278, 73.2%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 51.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 51.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(60.35, 50.52, -49.12)

LCH

lch(60.35, 70.46, 315.8)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1839, 311.69)

HWB

hwb(278, 44.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9de971

Analogous

#8171e9

#bd71e9

#e971d9

Triadic

#bd71e9

#e9bd71

#71e9bd

Split-complementary

#bd71e9

#d9e971

#71e981

Tetradic

#bd71e9

#e9719d

#9de971

#71e9bd

Square

#bd71e9

#e98171

#9de971

#71d9e9

Shades

Color #bd71e9 mixed toward black.

#a63fe1

#8a1fc8

#671796

#450f64

#220832

Tints

Color #bd71e9 mixed toward white.

#c888ed

#d3a0f0

#deb8f4

#e9d0f8

#f4e7fb

Tones

Color #bd71e9 mixed toward gray.

#ba7bdf

#b885d5

#b58fcb

#b299c1

#b0a3b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1d4 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#a6abce · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#bac1bd · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd71e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd71e9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd71e9 (#bd71e9) is rgb(189, 113, 233) in RGB.

No, #bd71e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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