#bd83e1

Color #bd83e1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bd83e1

RGB

rgb(189, 131, 225)

HSL

hsl(277, 61%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 41.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 41.8%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(63.74, 39.19, -39.33)

LCH

lch(63.74, 55.52, 314.9)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1456, 311.52)

HWB

hwb(277, 51.4%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7e183

Analogous

#8e83e1

#bd83e1

#e183d6

Triadic

#bd83e1

#e1bd83

#83e1bd

Split-complementary

#bd83e1

#d6e183

#83e18e

Tetradic

#bd83e1

#e183a7

#a7e183

#83e1bd

Square

#bd83e1

#e18e83

#a7e183

#83d6e1

Shades

Color #bd83e1 mixed toward black.

#a453d5

#882ebf

#66238f

#441760

#220c30

Tints

Color #bd83e1 mixed toward white.

#c898e6

#d3aceb

#dec1f0

#e9d6f5

#f4eafa

Tones

Color #bd83e1 mixed toward gray.

#bb8bd9

#b993d1

#b79bc9

#b6a2c2

#b4aaba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7cf · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#aaaecb · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#bbc0bc · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd83e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd83e1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd83e1 (#bd83e1) is rgb(189, 131, 225) in RGB.

No, #bd83e1 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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