#b008ff

Color #b008ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b008ff

RGB

rgb(176, 8, 255)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 100%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 96.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 96.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(47.78, 86.96, -81.74)

LCH

lch(47.78, 119.35, 316.77)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.2982, 308.67)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 3.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57ff08

Analogous

#3508ff

#b008ff

#ff08d3

Triadic

#b008ff

#ffb008

#08ffb0

Split-complementary

#b008ff

#d3ff08

#08ff35

Tetradic

#b008ff

#ff0857

#57ff08

#08ffb0

Square

#b008ff

#ff3508

#57ff08

#08d3ff

Shades

Color #b008ff mixed toward black.

#9500db

#7700af

#590084

#3c0058

#1e002c

Tints

Color #b008ff mixed toward white.

#bd31ff

#ca5aff

#d884ff

#e5adff

#f2d6ff

Tones

Color #b008ff mixed toward gray.

#a91dea

#a131d6

#9a46c1

#925aad

#8b6f98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887e2 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#8e96da · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#acc7c0 · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 32.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b008ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b008ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b008ff (#b008ff) is rgb(176, 8, 255) in RGB.

No, #b008ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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