#bd6ffd

Color #bd6ffd

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bd6ffd

RGB

rgb(189, 111, 253)

HSL

hsl(273, 97.3%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 56.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(61.03, 55.93, -59.12)

LCH

lch(61.03, 81.38, 313.41)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.2088, 307.12)

HWB

hwb(273, 43.5%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#affd6f

Analogous

#766ffd

#bd6ffd

#fd6ff6

Triadic

#bd6ffd

#fdbd6f

#6ffdbd

Split-complementary

#bd6ffd

#f6fd6f

#6ffd76

Tetradic

#bd6ffd

#fd6faf

#affd6f

#6ffdbd

Square

#bd6ffd

#fd766f

#affd6f

#6ff6fd

Shades

Color #bd6ffd mixed toward black.

#a233fc

#8503ef

#6402b4

#430278

#21013c

Tints

Color #bd6ffd mixed toward white.

#c887fd

#d39ffe

#deb7fe

#e9cffe

#f4e7ff

Tones

Color #bd6ffd mixed toward gray.

#bc7bf1

#bb87e5

#ba93da

#b89ece

#b7aac2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1e5 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#a5aadf · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#bacfca · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 28.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd6ffd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd6ffd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bd6ffd (#bd6ffd) is rgb(189, 111, 253) in RGB.

No, #bd6ffd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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