#b50cff

Color #b50cff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b50cff

RGB

rgb(181, 12, 255)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 100%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 95.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 95.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(48.65, 87.21, -80.3)

LCH

lch(48.65, 118.55, 317.36)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.2984, 310.05)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 4.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56ff0c

Analogous

#3c0cff

#b50cff

#ff0cd0

Triadic

#b50cff

#ffb50c

#0cffb5

Split-complementary

#b50cff

#d0ff0c

#0cff3c

Tetradic

#b50cff

#ff0c56

#56ff0c

#0cffb5

Square

#b50cff

#ff3c0c

#56ff0c

#0cd0ff

Shades

Color #b50cff mixed toward black.

#9b00df

#7c00b2

#5d0086

#3e0059

#1f002d

Tints

Color #b50cff mixed toward white.

#c135ff

#ce5dff

#da86ff

#e6aeff

#f3d7ff

Tones

Color #b50cff mixed toward gray.

#ad20eb

#a535d7

#9d49c2

#955dae

#8e719a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8be2 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#939ada · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#b1c7c0 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b50cff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b50cff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b50cff (#b50cff) is rgb(181, 12, 255) in RGB.

No, #b50cff 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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