#bb18ff

Color #bb18ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.48 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bb18ff

RGB

rgb(187, 24, 255)

HSL

hsl(282.3, 100%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.3, 90.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 90.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(50.02, 86.53, -78.01)

LCH

lch(50.02, 116.5, 317.96)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.296, 311.52)

HWB

hwb(282.3, 9.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cff18

Analogous

#4718ff

#bb18ff

#ff18d0

Triadic

#bb18ff

#ffbb18

#18ffbb

Split-complementary

#bb18ff

#d0ff18

#18ff47

Tetradic

#bb18ff

#ff185c

#5cff18

#18ffbb

Square

#bb18ff

#ff4718

#5cff18

#18d0ff

Shades

Color #bb18ff mixed toward black.

#a400e8

#8300ba

#62008b

#42005d

#21002e

Tints

Color #bb18ff mixed toward white.

#c63eff

#d265ff

#dd8bff

#e8b2ff

#f4d8ff

Tones

Color #bb18ff mixed toward gray.

#b32bec

#ab3ed8

#a352c5

#9b65b2

#93789f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.69:1

Black 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

#9291e2 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#98a0da · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#b7c7c0 · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 32.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb18ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb18ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb18ff (#bb18ff) is rgb(187, 24, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb18ff 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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