#bb6aff

Color #bb6aff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb6aff

RGB

rgb(187, 106, 255)

HSL

hsl(272.6, 100%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.6, 58.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(59.97, 58.42, -61.92)

LCH

lch(59.97, 85.13, 313.33)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.2175, 306.57)

HWB

hwb(272.6, 41.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeff6a

Analogous

#716aff

#bb6aff

#ff6af9

Triadic

#bb6aff

#ffbb6a

#6affbb

Split-complementary

#bb6aff

#f9ff6a

#6aff71

Tetradic

#bb6aff

#ff6aae

#aeff6a

#6affbb

Square

#bb6aff

#ff716a

#aeff6a

#6af9ff

Shades

Color #bb6aff mixed toward black.

#a02eff

#8300f1

#6200b5

#410078

#21003c

Tints

Color #bb6aff mixed toward white.

#c683ff

#d29cff

#ddb5ff

#e8cdff

#f4e6ff

Tones

Color #bb6aff mixed toward gray.

#ba76f3

#b983e6

#b88fda

#b79ccd

#b6a8c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ee6 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a3a8e0 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#b8d0ca · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb6aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb6aff]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bb6aff (#bb6aff) is rgb(187, 106, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb6aff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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