#bf16ff

Color #bf16ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bf16ff

RGB

rgb(191, 22, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.5, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.5, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 91.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(50.54, 87.33, -77.15)

LCH

lch(50.54, 116.53, 318.54)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.2977, 312.67)

HWB

hwb(283.5, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56ff16

Analogous

#4a16ff

#bf16ff

#ff16cb

Triadic

#bf16ff

#ffbf16

#16ffbf

Split-complementary

#bf16ff

#cbff16

#16ff4a

Tetradic

#bf16ff

#ff1656

#56ff16

#16ffbf

Square

#bf16ff

#ff4a16

#56ff16

#16cbff

Shades

Color #bf16ff mixed toward black.

#a700e7

#8600b9

#64008a

#43005c

#21002e

Tints

Color #bf16ff mixed toward white.

#ca3dff

#d464ff

#df8aff

#eab1ff

#f4d8ff

Tones

Color #bf16ff mixed toward gray.

#b629ec

#ad3dd8

#a550c5

#9c64b1

#93779e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594e2 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#9ba3da · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#bbc7c0 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 32.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bf16ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bf16ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bf16ff (#bf16ff) is rgb(191, 22, 255) in RGB.

No, #bf16ff 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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