#b22ffe

Color #b22ffe

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b22ffe

RGB

rgb(178, 47, 254)

HSL

hsl(278, 99%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 81.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(50.28, 80.25, -77.09)

LCH

lch(50.28, 111.28, 316.15)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.2799, 308.41)

HWB

hwb(278, 18.4%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bfe2f

Analogous

#4b2ffe

#b22ffe

#fe2fe2

Triadic

#b22ffe

#feb22f

#2ffeb2

Split-complementary

#b22ffe

#e2fe2f

#2ffe4b

Tetradic

#b22ffe

#fe2f7b

#7bfe2f

#2ffeb2

Square

#b22ffe

#fe4b2f

#7bfe2f

#2fe2fe

Shades

Color #b22ffe mixed toward black.

#9e01f9

#7f01c8

#5f0196

#3f0164

#200032

Tints

Color #b22ffe mixed toward white.

#bf52fe

#cc74fe

#d997fe

#e5baff

#f2dcff

Tones

Color #b22ffe mixed toward gray.

#ad40ed

#a951db

#a463ca

#a074b9

#9b85a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ce2 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#9299da · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#aec7c1 · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 31.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b22ffe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b22ffe]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b22ffe (#b22ffe) is rgb(178, 47, 254) in RGB.

No, #b22ffe 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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