#bb15e8

Color #bb15e8

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 11.05 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bb15e8

RGB

rgb(187, 21, 232)

HSL

hsl(287.2, 83.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.2, 90.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 90.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(48.17, 82.89, -68.11)

LCH

lch(48.17, 107.28, 320.59)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.2802, 316.61)

HWB

hwb(287.2, 8.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42e815

Analogous

#5115e8

#bb15e8

#e815ab

Triadic

#bb15e8

#e8bb15

#15e8bb

Split-complementary

#bb15e8

#abe815

#15e851

Tetradic

#bb15e8

#e81542

#42e815

#15e8bb

Square

#bb15e8

#e85115

#42e815

#15abe8

Shades

Color #bb15e8 mixed toward black.

#9c11c1

#7d0e9b

#5d0a74

#3e074d

#1f0327

Tints

Color #bb15e8 mixed toward white.

#c73bed

#d262f1

#dd89f4

#e9b0f8

#f4d8fb

Tones

Color #bb15e8 mixed toward gray.

#b127d6

#a738c5

#9d4ab3

#935ba2

#896d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190cd · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#98a0c6 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#b7b5af · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 31.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb15e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb15e8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#bb15e8 (#bb15e8) is rgb(187, 21, 232) in RGB.

No, #bb15e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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