#bb48ee

Color #bb48ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bb48ee

RGB

rgb(187, 72, 238)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 83%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 69.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(53.36, 70.17, -63.11)

LCH

lch(53.36, 94.38, 318.03)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.2447, 313.33)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 28.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bee48

Analogous

#6848ee

#bb48ee

#ee48ce

Triadic

#bb48ee

#eebb48

#48eebb

Split-complementary

#bb48ee

#ceee48

#48ee68

Tetradic

#bb48ee

#ee487b

#7bee48

#48eebb

Square

#bb48ee

#ee6848

#7bee48

#48ceee

Shades

Color #bb48ee mixed toward black.

#aa19ea

#8912bd

#660d8e

#44095f

#22042f

Tints

Color #bb48ee mixed toward white.

#c667f1

#d285f4

#dda4f7

#e8c2f9

#f4e1fc

Tones

Color #bb48ee mixed toward gray.

#b656e0

#b064d2

#ab72c5

#a67fb7

#a08da9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796d5 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#9da3ce · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#b7beb8 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb48ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb48ee]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb48ee (#bb48ee) is rgb(187, 72, 238) in RGB.

No, #bb48ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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