#bc5bd4

Color #bc5bd4

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 2.98 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc5bd4

RGB

rgb(188, 91, 212)

HSL

hsl(288.1, 58.5%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.1, 57.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(55, 56.94, -45.8)

LCH

lch(55, 73.07, 321.19)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1955, 319.29)

HWB

hwb(288.1, 35.7%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73d45b

Analogous

#7f5bd4

#bc5bd4

#d45baf

Triadic

#bc5bd4

#d4bc5b

#5bd4bc

Split-complementary

#bc5bd4

#afd45b

#5bd47f

Tetradic

#bc5bd4

#d45b73

#73d45b

#5bd4bc

Square

#bc5bd4

#d47f5b

#73d45b

#5bafd4

Shades

Color #bc5bd4 mixed toward black.

#ab34c8

#892aa0

#661f78

#441550

#220a28

Tints

Color #bc5bd4 mixed toward white.

#c776db

#d292e2

#deadea

#e9c8f1

#f4e4f8

Tones

Color #bc5bd4 mixed toward gray.

#b665ca

#b06fc0

#aa79b6

#a483ac

#9e8da2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bc0 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#a0a6ba · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#b9ada9 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc5bd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc5bd4]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#bc5bd4 (#bc5bd4) is rgb(188, 91, 212) in RGB.

No, #bc5bd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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