#bb78ee

Color #bb78ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb78ee

RGB

rgb(187, 120, 238)

HSL

hsl(274.1, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.1, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(61.8, 47.41, -49.62)

LCH

lch(61.8, 68.63, 313.7)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1778, 308.67)

HWB

hwb(274.1, 47.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abee78

Analogous

#8078ee

#bb78ee

#ee78e6

Triadic

#bb78ee

#eebb78

#78eebb

Split-complementary

#bb78ee

#e6ee78

#78ee80

Tetradic

#bb78ee

#ee78ab

#abee78

#78eebb

Square

#bb78ee

#ee8078

#abee78

#78e6ee

Shades

Color #bb78ee mixed toward black.

#a043e7

#841bd4

#63149f

#420d6a

#210735

Tints

Color #bb78ee mixed toward white.

#c68ff1

#d2a5f4

#ddbcf6

#e8d2f9

#f4e9fc

Tones

Color #bb78ee mixed toward gray.

#ba82e4

#b88cda

#b796d0

#b69fc7

#b4a9bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2d9 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#a6aad3 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#b8c6c2 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb78ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb78ee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bb78ee (#bb78ee) is rgb(187, 120, 238) in RGB.

No, #bb78ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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