#bd84e1

Color #bd84e1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bd84e1

RGB

rgb(189, 132, 225)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 60.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 41.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 41.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(63.96, 38.64, -38.98)

LCH

lch(63.96, 54.89, 314.75)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1438, 311.34)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 51.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8e184

Analogous

#8f84e1

#bd84e1

#e184d6

Triadic

#bd84e1

#e1bd84

#84e1bd

Split-complementary

#bd84e1

#d6e184

#84e18f

Tetradic

#bd84e1

#e184a8

#a8e184

#84e1bd

Square

#bd84e1

#e18f84

#a8e184

#84d6e1

Shades

Color #bd84e1 mixed toward black.

#a354d5

#872fbf

#662390

#441760

#220c30

Tints

Color #bd84e1 mixed toward white.

#c898e6

#d3adeb

#dec1f0

#e9d6f5

#f4eafa

Tones

Color #bd84e1 mixed toward gray.

#bb8cd9

#ba93d2

#b89bca

#b6a3c2

#b4abba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7cf · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#aaaecb · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#bbc0bc · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd84e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd84e1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd84e1 (#bd84e1) is rgb(189, 132, 225) in RGB.

No, #bd84e1 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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