#b21cff

Color #b21cff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 15.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b21cff

RGB

rgb(178, 28, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 100%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 89%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 89%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(48.9, 84.74, -79.9)

LCH

lch(48.9, 116.47, 316.68)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.2921, 308.87)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 11%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69ff1c

Analogous

#401cff

#b21cff

#ff1cdb

Triadic

#b21cff

#ffb21c

#1cffb2

Split-complementary

#b21cff

#dbff1c

#1cff40

Tetradic

#b21cff

#ff1c69

#69ff1c

#1cffb2

Square

#b21cff

#ff401c

#69ff1c

#1cdbff

Shades

Color #b21cff mixed toward black.

#9c00ec

#7d00bd

#5d008e

#3e005e

#1f002f

Tints

Color #b21cff mixed toward white.

#bf42ff

#cc68ff

#d88eff

#e5b3ff

#f2d9ff

Tones

Color #b21cff mixed toward gray.

#ac2fec

#a642d9

#a055c6

#9a68b3

#947ba0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ae2 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#9198da · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#aec7c1 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 32.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b21cff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b21cff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b21cff (#b21cff) is rgb(178, 28, 255) in RGB.

No, #b21cff 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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