#bd74eb

Color #bd74eb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bd74eb

RGB

rgb(189, 116, 235)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 74.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 50.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(61.05, 49.39, -49.12)

LCH

lch(61.05, 69.66, 315.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1814, 310.8)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 45.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2eb74

Analogous

#8174eb

#bd74eb

#eb74dd

Triadic

#bd74eb

#ebbd74

#74ebbd

Split-complementary

#bd74eb

#ddeb74

#74eb81

Tetradic

#bd74eb

#eb74a2

#a2eb74

#74ebbd

Square

#bd74eb

#eb8174

#a2eb74

#74ddeb

Shades

Color #bd74eb mixed toward black.

#a541e4

#891dcc

#671699

#440f66

#220733

Tints

Color #bd74eb mixed toward white.

#c88bee

#d3a2f2

#deb9f5

#e9d1f8

#f4e8fc

Tones

Color #bd74eb mixed toward gray.

#bb7ee1

#b888d7

#b692cd

#b49cc3

#b2a6b9

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

#a3a2d6 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#a6abd0 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#bac3bf · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 27.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd74eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd74eb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd74eb (#bd74eb) is rgb(189, 116, 235) in RGB.

No, #bd74eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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