#bd50ef

Color #bd50ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bd50ef

RGB

rgb(189, 80, 239)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 83.2%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 66.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(54.85, 67.51, -61.24)

LCH

lch(54.85, 91.15, 317.79)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.2368, 313.2)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 31.4%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82ef50

Analogous

#6d50ef

#bd50ef

#ef50d1

Triadic

#bd50ef

#efbd50

#50efbd

Split-complementary

#bd50ef

#d1ef50

#50ef6d

Tetradic

#bd50ef

#ef5082

#82ef50

#50efbd

Square

#bd50ef

#ef6d50

#82ef50

#50d1ef

Shades

Color #bd50ef mixed toward black.

#aa1fea

#8b12c3

#680d92

#450961

#230431

Tints

Color #bd50ef mixed toward white.

#c86df2

#d38af4

#dea7f7

#e9c5fa

#f4e2fc

Tones

Color #bd50ef mixed toward gray.

#b85de2

#b36ad4

#ae78c7

#a985ba

#a492ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99d6 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#9fa6d0 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#b9c0ba · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd50ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd50ef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bd50ef (#bd50ef) is rgb(189, 80, 239) in RGB.

No, #bd50ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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