#bb47f6

Color #bb47f6

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.12 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bb47f6

RGB

rgb(187, 71, 246)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 90.7%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 71.1%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 71.1%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(53.74, 72.16, -66.97)

LCH

lch(53.74, 98.45, 317.14)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.2531, 311.56)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 27.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82f647

Analogous

#6447f6

#bb47f6

#f647d9

Triadic

#bb47f6

#f6bb47

#47f6bb

Split-complementary

#bb47f6

#d9f647

#47f664

Tetradic

#bb47f6

#f64782

#82f647

#47f6bb

Square

#bb47f6

#f66447

#82f647

#47d9f6

Shades

Color #bb47f6 mixed toward black.

#a915f4

#890aca

#670797

#450565

#220232

Tints

Color #bb47f6 mixed toward white.

#c666f8

#d284f9

#dda3fb

#e8c2fc

#f4e0fe

Tones

Color #bb47f6 mixed toward gray.

#b656e7

#b264d9

#ad73ca

#a881bc

#a390ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796dc · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#9ca3d5 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#b7c4be · ΔE 37.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb47f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb47f6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb47f6 (#bb47f6) is rgb(187, 71, 246) in RGB.

No, #bb47f6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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