#bf8ae3

Color #bf8ae3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bf8ae3

RGB

rgb(191, 138, 227)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 61.4%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 39.2%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(65.59, 36.37, -37.54)

LCH

lch(65.59, 52.27, 314.09)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1369, 310.67)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 54.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aee38a

Analogous

#938ae3

#bf8ae3

#e38adb

Triadic

#bf8ae3

#e3bf8a

#8ae3bf

Split-complementary

#bf8ae3

#dbe38a

#8ae393

Tetradic

#bf8ae3

#e38aae

#aee38a

#8ae3bf

Square

#bf8ae3

#e3938a

#aee38a

#8adbe3

Shades

Color #bf8ae3 mixed toward black.

#a459d7

#882fc4

#662393

#441762

#220c31

Tints

Color #bf8ae3 mixed toward white.

#ca9ee8

#d4b1ec

#dfc5f1

#ead8f6

#f4ecfa

Tones

Color #bf8ae3 mixed toward gray.

#be92dc

#bc99d4

#bba0cd

#b9a8c5

#b8afbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaad2 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#aeb1ce · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#bdc3bf · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bf8ae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bf8ae3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bf8ae3 (#bf8ae3) is rgb(191, 138, 227) in RGB.

No, #bf8ae3 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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