#bc85e6

Color #bc85e6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bc85e6

RGB

rgb(188, 133, 230)

HSL

hsl(274, 66%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 42.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(64.31, 38.89, -41.23)

LCH

lch(64.31, 56.68, 313.33)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.1477, 309.17)

HWB

hwb(274, 52.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afe685

Analogous

#8c85e6

#bc85e6

#e685e0

Triadic

#bc85e6

#e6bc85

#85e6bc

Split-complementary

#bc85e6

#e0e685

#85e68c

Tetradic

#bc85e6

#e685af

#afe685

#85e6bc

Square

#bc85e6

#e68c85

#afe685

#85e0e6

Shades

Color #bc85e6 mixed toward black.

#a053dc

#8429c9

#631f97

#421564

#210a32

Tints

Color #bc85e6 mixed toward white.

#c799ea

#d2aeee

#dec2f3

#e9d6f7

#f4ebfb

Tones

Color #bc85e6 mixed toward gray.

#bb8dde

#ba95d6

#b99dce

#b8a5c6

#b7adbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d4 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#aaaecf · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#bac4c0 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc85e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc85e6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc85e6 (#bc85e6) is rgb(188, 133, 230) in RGB.

No, #bc85e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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