#bd85ef

Color #bd85ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bd85ef

RGB

rgb(189, 133, 239)

HSL

hsl(271.7, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.7, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(64.82, 41.17, -45.38)

LCH

lch(64.82, 61.27, 312.22)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1588, 307.19)

HWB

hwb(271.7, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7ef85

Analogous

#8885ef

#bd85ef

#ef85ec

Triadic

#bd85ef

#efbd85

#85efbd

Split-complementary

#bd85ef

#ecef85

#85ef88

Tetradic

#bd85ef

#ef85b7

#b7ef85

#85efbd

Square

#bd85ef

#ef8885

#b7ef85

#85ecef

Shades

Color #bd85ef mixed toward black.

#9f4ee8

#811ddb

#6116a4

#410e6e

#200737

Tints

Color #bd85ef mixed toward white.

#c899f2

#d3aef4

#dec2f7

#e9d6fa

#f4ebfc

Tones

Color #bd85ef mixed toward gray.

#bc8ee6

#bc97dd

#bb9fd4

#bba8cc

#bab1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7db · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#abafd6 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#bbcac6 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 26

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd85ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd85ef]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bd85ef (#bd85ef) is rgb(189, 133, 239) in RGB.

No, #bd85ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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