#bf36ff

Color #bf36ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bf36ff

RGB

rgb(191, 54, 255)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 100%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 78.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.88, 80.44, -73.34)

LCH

lch(52.88, 108.85, 317.64)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.2786, 311.73)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 21.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76ff36

Analogous

#5b36ff

#bf36ff

#ff36da

Triadic

#bf36ff

#ffbf36

#36ffbf

Split-complementary

#bf36ff

#daff36

#36ff5b

Tetradic

#bf36ff

#ff3676

#76ff36

#36ffbf

Square

#bf36ff

#ff5b36

#76ff36

#36daff

Shades

Color #bf36ff mixed toward black.

#af03ff

#8c00ce

#69009b

#460067

#230034

Tints

Color #bf36ff mixed toward white.

#ca58ff

#d479ff

#df9bff

#eabcff

#f4deff

Tones

Color #bf36ff mixed toward gray.

#b947ee

#b358de

#ad68cd

#a779bc

#a18aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796e3 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#9da5db · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#bbc9c2 · ΔE 39.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bf36ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bf36ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bf36ff (#bf36ff) is rgb(191, 54, 255) in RGB.

No, #bf36ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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