#bd74ef

Color #bd74ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bd74ef

RGB

rgb(189, 116, 239)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 79.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 51.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 51.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(61.26, 50.26, -51.02)

LCH

lch(61.26, 71.62, 314.57)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1858, 309.78)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 45.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6ef74

Analogous

#7f74ef

#bd74ef

#ef74e4

Triadic

#bd74ef

#efbd74

#74efbd

Split-complementary

#bd74ef

#e4ef74

#74ef7f

Tetradic

#bd74ef

#ef74a6

#a6ef74

#74efbd

Square

#bd74ef

#ef7f74

#a6ef74

#74e4ef

Shades

Color #bd74ef mixed toward black.

#a43fe9

#8818d4

#66129f

#440c6a

#220635

Tints

Color #bd74ef mixed toward white.

#c88bf2

#d3a2f4

#deb9f7

#e9d1fa

#f4e8fc

Tones

Color #bd74ef mixed toward gray.

#bb7ee5

#b988db

#b793d0

#b59dc6

#b3a7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2d9 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#a6abd4 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#bac6c1 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 27.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd74ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd74ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd74ef (#bd74ef) is rgb(189, 116, 239) in RGB.

No, #bd74ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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