#bd83ca

Color #bd83ca

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.32 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bd83ca

RGB

rgb(189, 131, 202)

HSL

hsl(289, 40.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289, 35.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 35.1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(62.77, 34.41, -27.98)

LCH

lch(62.77, 44.35, 320.88)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1193, 320.13)

HWB

hwb(289, 51.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90ca83

Analogous

#9a83ca

#bd83ca

#ca83b4

Triadic

#bd83ca

#cabd83

#83cabd

Split-complementary

#bd83ca

#b4ca83

#83ca9a

Tetradic

#bd83ca

#ca8390

#90ca83

#83cabd

Square

#bd83ca

#ca9a83

#90ca83

#83b4ca

Shades

Color #bd83ca mixed toward black.

#a85cb9

#8b429c

#683275

#46214e

#231127

Tints

Color #bd83ca mixed toward white.

#c898d3

#d3acdc

#dec1e4

#e9d6ed

#f4eaf6

Tones

Color #bd83ca mixed toward gray.

#b989c4

#b58fbe

#b295b8

#ae9bb2

#aaa1ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7bc · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#aaaeb8 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#bbb0ad · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd83ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd83ca]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#bd83ca (#bd83ca) is rgb(189, 131, 202) in RGB.

No, #bd83ca 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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