#b200ea

Color #b200ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b200ea

RGB

rgb(178, 0, 234)

HSL

hsl(285.6, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.6, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 100%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(46.19, 84.12, -72.54)

LCH

lch(46.19, 111.08, 319.23)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.2851, 313.82)

HWB

hwb(285.6, 0%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#38ea00

Analogous

#3d00ea

#b200ea

#ea00ad

Triadic

#b200ea

#eab200

#00eab2

Split-complementary

#b200ea

#adea00

#00ea3d

Tetradic

#b200ea

#ea0038

#38ea00

#00eab2

Square

#b200ea

#ea3d00

#38ea00

#00adea

Shades

Color #b200ea mixed toward black.

#9400c3

#77009c

#590075

#3b004e

#1e0027

Tints

Color #b200ea mixed toward white.

#c819ff

#d347ff

#de75ff

#e9a3ff

#f4d1ff

Tones

Color #b200ea mixed toward gray.

#a814d7

#9e27c3

#933bb0

#894e9c

#7f6289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89cf · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#9097c8 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#aeb6b0 · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 31.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b200ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b200ea]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b200ea (#b200ea) is rgb(178, 0, 234) in RGB.

No, #b200ea 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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