#bc5dd2

Color #bc5dd2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 4.94 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bc5dd2

RGB

rgb(188, 93, 210)

HSL

hsl(288.7, 56.5%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.7, 55.7%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 55.7%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(55.25, 55.59, -44.27)

LCH

lch(55.25, 71.06, 321.47)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1906, 319.77)

HWB

hwb(288.7, 36.5%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73d25d

Analogous

#815dd2

#bc5dd2

#d25dae

Triadic

#bc5dd2

#d2bc5d

#5dd2bc

Split-complementary

#bc5dd2

#aed25d

#5dd281

Tetradic

#bc5dd2

#d25d73

#73d25d

#5dd2bc

Square

#bc5dd2

#d2815d

#73d25d

#5daed2

Shades

Color #bc5dd2 mixed toward black.

#ab37c6

#892c9e

#662177

#44164f

#220b28

Tints

Color #bc5dd2 mixed toward white.

#c778d9

#d293e1

#ddaee8

#e9c9f0

#f4e4f7

Tones

Color #bc5dd2 mixed toward gray.

#b667c8

#b070be

#aa7ab5

#a484ab

#9e8ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bbe · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a7b9 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#b9aca8 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 27.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc5dd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc5dd2]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#bc5dd2 (#bc5dd2) is rgb(188, 93, 210) in RGB.

No, #bc5dd2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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