#bd5cee

Color #bd5cee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.12 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#bd5cee

RGB

rgb(189, 92, 238)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 81.1%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 61.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(56.73, 61.96, -57.68)

LCH

lch(56.73, 84.65, 317.05)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.2201, 312.53)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 36.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8dee5c

Analogous

#745cee

#bd5cee

#ee5cd6

Triadic

#bd5cee

#eebd5c

#5ceebd

Split-complementary

#bd5cee

#d6ee5c

#5cee74

Tetradic

#bd5cee

#ee5c8d

#8dee5c

#5ceebd

Square

#bd5cee

#ee745c

#8dee5c

#5cd6ee

Shades

Color #bd5cee mixed toward black.

#a92ae9

#8b15c7

#691095

#460a64

#230532

Tints

Color #bd5cee mixed toward white.

#c877f1

#d392f4

#deadf6

#e9c9f9

#f4e4fc

Tones

Color #bd5cee mixed toward gray.

#b968e2

#b574d6

#b180c9

#ad8dbd

#a999b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9cd6 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a7d0 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#bac1bb · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd5cee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd5cee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bd5cee (#bd5cee) is rgb(189, 92, 238) in RGB.

No, #bd5cee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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