#bb86ee

Color #bb86ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bb86ee

RGB

rgb(187, 134, 238)

HSL

hsl(270.6, 75.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.6, 43.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 43.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(64.79, 39.85, -44.89)

LCH

lch(64.79, 60.03, 311.6)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1553, 306.36)

HWB

hwb(270.6, 52.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9ee86

Analogous

#8786ee

#bb86ee

#ee86ed

Triadic

#bb86ee

#eebb86

#86eebb

Split-complementary

#bb86ee

#edee86

#86ee87

Tetradic

#bb86ee

#ee86b9

#b9ee86

#86eebb

Square

#bb86ee

#ee8786

#b9ee86

#86edee

Shades

Color #bb86ee mixed toward black.

#9c4fe6

#7e1ed9

#5e17a3

#3f0f6d

#1f0836

Tints

Color #bb86ee mixed toward white.

#c69af1

#d2aef4

#ddc2f7

#e8d7f9

#f4ebfc

Tones

Color #bb86ee mixed toward gray.

#bb8ee5

#bb97dd

#baa0d4

#baa9cb

#bab1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6db · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#aaadd6 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#b9cac6 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb86ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb86ee]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#bb86ee (#bb86ee) is rgb(187, 134, 238) in RGB.

No, #bb86ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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