#bb00f9

Color #bb00f9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.04 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bb00f9

RGB

rgb(187, 0, 249)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 100%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(48.77, 87.84, -76.71)

LCH

lch(48.77, 116.62, 318.87)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.2981, 313.1)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 0%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3ef900

Analogous

#3f00f9

#bb00f9

#f900ba

Triadic

#bb00f9

#f9bb00

#00f9bb

Split-complementary

#bb00f9

#baf900

#00f93f

Tetradic

#bb00f9

#f9003e

#3ef900

#00f9bb

Square

#bb00f9

#f93f00

#3ef900

#00baf9

Shades

Color #bb00f9 mixed toward black.

#9c00cf

#7d00a6

#5e007c

#3e0053

#1f0029

Tints

Color #bb00f9 mixed toward white.

#c925ff

#d451ff

#df7cff

#e9a8ff

#f4d3ff

Tones

Color #bb00f9 mixed toward gray.

#b115e4

#a629cf

#9c3ebb

#9153a6

#876891

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190dc · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#979fd5 · ΔE 29

Tritanopia

#b7c2bb · ΔE 41.8

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: #bb00f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb00f9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#bb00f9 (#bb00f9) is rgb(187, 0, 249) in RGB.

No, #bb00f9 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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