#bb38ff

Color #bb38ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bb38ff

RGB

rgb(187, 56, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 78%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 78%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.52, 79.19, -73.94)

LCH

lch(52.52, 108.34, 316.96)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.2757, 310.45)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 22%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7cff38

Analogous

#5838ff

#bb38ff

#ff38e0

Triadic

#bb38ff

#ffbb38

#38ffbb

Split-complementary

#bb38ff

#e0ff38

#38ff58

Tetradic

#bb38ff

#ff387c

#7cff38

#38ffbb

Square

#bb38ff

#ff5838

#7cff38

#38e0ff

Shades

Color #bb38ff mixed toward black.

#a904ff

#8900cf

#66009c

#440068

#220034

Tints

Color #bb38ff mixed toward white.

#c659ff

#d27aff

#dd9cff

#e8bdff

#f4deff

Tones

Color #bb38ff mixed toward gray.

#b649ee

#b159de

#ab6acd

#a67abd

#a18bac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594e3 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#9aa2db · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#b7c9c3 · ΔE 38.7

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 31.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb38ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb38ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb38ff (#bb38ff) is rgb(187, 56, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb38ff 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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