#bb33ff

Color #bb33ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bb33ff

RGB

rgb(187, 51, 255)

HSL

hsl(280, 100%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 80%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 80%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.01, 80.68, -74.78)

LCH

lch(52.01, 110.01, 317.17)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.2799, 310.7)

HWB

hwb(280, 20%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77ff33

Analogous

#5533ff

#bb33ff

#ff33dd

Triadic

#bb33ff

#ffbb33

#33ffbb

Split-complementary

#bb33ff

#ddff33

#33ff55

Tetradic

#bb33ff

#ff3377

#77ff33

#33ffbb

Square

#bb33ff

#ff5533

#77ff33

#33ddff

Shades

Color #bb33ff mixed toward black.

#aa00ff

#8800cc

#660099

#440066

#220033

Tints

Color #bb33ff mixed toward white.

#c655ff

#d277ff

#dd99ff

#e8bbff

#f4ddff

Tones

Color #bb33ff mixed toward gray.

#b544ee

#b055dd

#aa66cc

#a477bb

#9f88aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493e3 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#9aa1db · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#b7c9c2 · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 31.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb33ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb33ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb33ff (#bb33ff) is rgb(187, 51, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb33ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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