#bb36ff

Color #bb36ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb36ff

RGB

rgb(187, 54, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 100%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 78.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.31, 79.8, -74.28)

LCH

lch(52.31, 109.02, 317.05)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.2775, 310.56)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 21.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7aff36

Analogous

#5736ff

#bb36ff

#ff36df

Triadic

#bb36ff

#ffbb36

#36ffbb

Split-complementary

#bb36ff

#dfff36

#36ff57

Tetradic

#bb36ff

#ff367a

#7aff36

#36ffbb

Square

#bb36ff

#ff5736

#7aff36

#36dfff

Shades

Color #bb36ff mixed toward black.

#aa03ff

#8800ce

#66009b

#440067

#220034

Tints

Color #bb36ff mixed toward white.

#c658ff

#d279ff

#dd9bff

#e8bcff

#f4deff

Tones

Color #bb36ff mixed toward gray.

#b647ee

#b058de

#ab68cd

#a579bc

#a08aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493e3 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#9aa2db · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#b7c9c2 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb36ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb36ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bb36ff (#bb36ff) is rgb(187, 54, 255) in RGB.

No, #bb36ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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