#b32ae4

Color #b32ae4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b32ae4

RGB

rgb(179, 42, 228)

HSL

hsl(284.2, 77.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.2, 81.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(48.06, 76.78, -66.08)

LCH

lch(48.06, 101.3, 319.28)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.2626, 314.65)

HWB

hwb(284.2, 16.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5be42a

Analogous

#562ae4

#b32ae4

#e42ab8

Triadic

#b32ae4

#e4b32a

#2ae4b3

Split-complementary

#b32ae4

#b8e42a

#2ae456

Tetradic

#b32ae4

#e42a5b

#5be42a

#2ae4b3

Square

#b32ae4

#e4562a

#5be42a

#2ab8e4

Shades

Color #b32ae4 mixed toward black.

#9a19c8

#7b14a0

#5c0f78

#3d0a50

#1f0528

Tints

Color #b32ae4 mixed toward white.

#c04de8

#cc71ed

#d994f1

#e6b8f6

#f2dbfa

Tones

Color #b32ae4 mixed toward gray.

#ac39d4

#a449c5

#9d58b5

#9668a6

#8e7796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cca · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#939ac4 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#afb3ad · ΔE 43.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 30.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b32ae4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b32ae4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b32ae4 (#b32ae4) is rgb(179, 42, 228) in RGB.

No, #b32ae4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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