#b040f6

Color #b040f6

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b040f6

RGB

rgb(176, 64, 246)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 91%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 74%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.5%, 74%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(51.33, 72.8, -70.94)

LCH

lch(51.33, 101.65, 315.74)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.2575, 308.53)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 25.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86f640

Analogous

#5540f6

#b040f6

#f640e1

Triadic

#b040f6

#f6b040

#40f6b0

Split-complementary

#b040f6

#e1f640

#40f655

Tetradic

#b040f6

#f64086

#86f640

#40f6b0

Square

#b040f6

#f65540

#86f640

#40e1f6

Shades

Color #b040f6 mixed toward black.

#9c0ff4

#7d09c5

#5e0794

#3e0563

#1f0231

Tints

Color #b040f6 mixed toward white.

#bd60f8

#ca80f9

#d7a0fb

#e5bffc

#f2dffe

Tones

Color #b040f6 mixed toward gray.

#ac4fe7

#a95ed8

#a66ec9

#a27db9

#9f8caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ddb · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#9399d4 · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#acc3bd · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 30.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b040f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b040f6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b040f6 (#b040f6) is rgb(176, 64, 246) in RGB.

No, #b040f6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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