#bb00ff

Color #bb00ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 18.2 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb00ff

RGB

rgb(187, 0, 255)

HSL

hsl(284, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 100%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(49.24, 88.89, -79.3)

LCH

lch(49.24, 119.12, 318.26)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.3025, 311.85)

HWB

hwb(284, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44ff00

Analogous

#3c00ff

#bb00ff

#ff00c3

Triadic

#bb00ff

#ffbb00

#00ffbb

Split-complementary

#bb00ff

#c3ff00

#00ff3c

Tetradic

#bb00ff

#ff0044

#44ff00

#00ffbb

Square

#bb00ff

#ff3c00

#44ff00

#00c3ff

Shades

Color #bb00ff mixed toward black.

#9c00d5

#7d00aa

#5e0080

#3e0055

#1f002a

Tints

Color #bb00ff mixed toward white.

#c62aff

#d255ff

#dd80ff

#e8aaff

#f4d5ff

Tones

Color #bb00ff mixed toward gray.

#b115ea

#a72ad5

#9d40bf

#9355aa

#896a95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190e2 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#979fda · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#b7c6c0 · ΔE 41

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 32.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb00ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb00ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb00ff (#bb00ff) is rgb(187, 0, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb00ff 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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