#bd44ee

Color #bd44ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.42 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bd44ee

RGB

rgb(189, 68, 238)

HSL

hsl(282.7, 83.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.7, 71.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(53.09, 72.1, -63.52)

LCH

lch(53.09, 96.09, 318.62)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.2499, 314.19)

HWB

hwb(282.7, 26.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75ee44

Analogous

#6844ee

#bd44ee

#ee44ca

Triadic

#bd44ee

#eebd44

#44eebd

Split-complementary

#bd44ee

#caee44

#44ee68

Tetradic

#bd44ee

#ee4475

#75ee44

#44eebd

Square

#bd44ee

#ee6844

#75ee44

#44caee

Shades

Color #bd44ee mixed toward black.

#ac15ea

#8a11bb

#670d8c

#45095d

#22042f

Tints

Color #bd44ee mixed toward white.

#c863f1

#d382f4

#dea2f6

#e9c1f9

#f4e0fc

Tones

Color #bd44ee mixed toward gray.

#b752e0

#b160d2

#ab6fc3

#a57db5

#9f8ba7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897d5 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#9ea4ce · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#b9bdb7 · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd44ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd44ee]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bd44ee (#bd44ee) is rgb(189, 68, 238) in RGB.

No, #bd44ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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