#bc70e4

Color #bc70e4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc70e4

RGB

rgb(188, 112, 228)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 68.2%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 50.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(59.78, 49.71, -47.24)

LCH

lch(59.78, 68.58, 316.46)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1796, 312.79)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 43.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98e470

Analogous

#8270e4

#bc70e4

#e470d2

Triadic

#bc70e4

#e4bc70

#70e4bc

Split-complementary

#bc70e4

#d2e470

#70e482

Tetradic

#bc70e4

#e47098

#98e470

#70e4bc

Square

#bc70e4

#e48270

#98e470

#70d2e4

Shades

Color #bc70e4 mixed toward black.

#a640db

#8924bf

#671b8f

#45125f

#220930

Tints

Color #bc70e4 mixed toward white.

#c788e8

#d2a0ed

#deb8f1

#e9cff6

#f4e7fa

Tones

Color #bc70e4 mixed toward gray.

#b97ada

#b683d1

#b38dc7

#b097bd

#ada0b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a0cf · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#a5aaca · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#b9bdb9 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc70e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc70e4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc70e4 (#bc70e4) is rgb(188, 112, 228) in RGB.

No, #bc70e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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