#bd90cc

Color #bd90cc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bd90cc

RGB

rgb(189, 144, 204)

HSL

hsl(285, 37%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 29.4%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(65.85, 27.62, -24.38)

LCH

lch(65.85, 36.84, 318.57)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0984, 317.55)

HWB

hwb(285, 56.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fcc90

Analogous

#9f90cc

#bd90cc

#cc90bd

Triadic

#bd90cc

#ccbd90

#90ccbd

Split-complementary

#bd90cc

#bdcc90

#90cc9f

Tetradic

#bd90cc

#cc909f

#9fcc90

#90ccbd

Square

#bd90cc

#cc9f90

#9fcc90

#90bdcc

Shades

Color #bd90cc mixed toward black.

#a568ba

#89499f

#673777

#45254f

#221228

Tints

Color #bd90cc mixed toward white.

#c8a2d4

#d3b5dd

#dec7e5

#e9daee

#f4ecf6

Tones

Color #bd90cc mixed toward gray.

#ba95c7

#b89ac2

#b59fbd

#b3a4b8

#b0a9b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc0 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#aeb1bd · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#bbb5b3 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd90cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd90cc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#bd90cc (#bd90cc) is rgb(189, 144, 204) in RGB.

No, #bd90cc 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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