#b500eb

Color #b500eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b500eb

RGB

rgb(181, 0, 235)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(46.74, 84.67, -72.18)

LCH

lch(46.74, 111.26, 319.55)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.2865, 314.46)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36eb00

Analogous

#3f00eb

#b500eb

#eb00ac

Triadic

#b500eb

#ebb500

#00ebb5

Split-complementary

#b500eb

#aceb00

#00eb3f

Tetradic

#b500eb

#eb0036

#36eb00

#00ebb5

Square

#b500eb

#eb3f00

#36eb00

#00aceb

Shades

Color #b500eb mixed toward black.

#9700c4

#79009d

#5b0076

#3c004e

#1e0027

Tints

Color #b500eb mixed toward white.

#ca1aff

#d548ff

#df76ff

#eaa3ff

#f4d1ff

Tones

Color #b500eb mixed toward gray.

#aa14d8

#a027c4

#953bb0

#8b4e9d

#806289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8bd0 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#929ac9 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#b1b7b0 · ΔE 41.9

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b500eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b500eb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#b500eb (#b500eb) is rgb(181, 0, 235) in RGB.

No, #b500eb 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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