#bf87ee

Color #bf87ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bf87ee

RGB

rgb(191, 135, 238)

HSL

hsl(272.6, 75.2%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.6, 43.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 43.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(65.42, 40.42, -43.88)

LCH

lch(65.42, 59.66, 312.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.155, 308)

HWB

hwb(272.6, 52.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6ee87

Analogous

#8b87ee

#bf87ee

#ee87ea

Triadic

#bf87ee

#eebf87

#87eebf

Split-complementary

#bf87ee

#eaee87

#87ee8b

Tetradic

#bf87ee

#ee87b6

#b6ee87

#87eebf

Square

#bf87ee

#ee8b87

#b6ee87

#87eaee

Shades

Color #bf87ee mixed toward black.

#a250e6

#841fda

#6317a3

#420f6d

#210836

Tints

Color #bf87ee mixed toward white.

#ca9bf1

#d4aff4

#dfc3f6

#ead7f9

#f4ebfc

Tones

Color #bf87ee mixed toward gray.

#be8fe5

#bd98dd

#bda1d4

#bca9cc

#bbb2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaa9db · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#adb1d6 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#bdcac6 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bf87ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bf87ee]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bf87ee (#bf87ee) is rgb(191, 135, 238) in RGB.

No, #bf87ee 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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