#bd86ed

Color #bd86ed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bd86ed

RGB

rgb(189, 134, 237)

HSL

hsl(272, 74.1%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 43.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(64.95, 40.18, -44.08)

LCH

lch(64.95, 59.64, 312.35)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1548, 307.54)

HWB

hwb(272, 52.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6ed86

Analogous

#8986ed

#bd86ed

#ed86ea

Triadic

#bd86ed

#edbd86

#86edbd

Split-complementary

#bd86ed

#eaed86

#86ed89

Tetradic

#bd86ed

#ed86b6

#b6ed86

#86edbd

Square

#bd86ed

#ed8986

#b6ed86

#86eaed

Shades

Color #bd86ed mixed toward black.

#9f50e5

#8220d7

#6118a1

#41106c

#200836

Tints

Color #bd86ed mixed toward white.

#c89af0

#d3aef3

#dec2f6

#e9d7f9

#f4ebfc

Tones

Color #bd86ed mixed toward gray.

#bc8ee4

#bc97dc

#bba0d3

#bba8cb

#bab1c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8da · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#abafd5 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#bbc9c5 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd86ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd86ed]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bd86ed (#bd86ed) is rgb(189, 134, 237) in RGB.

No, #bd86ed 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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