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#B045FB — Vivid Purple

#B045FB is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #B045FB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#B045FB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #92FB46; it also sits naturally between #5546FB and #FB46EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B045FB · RGB 176, 69, 251

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Color values

HEX#B045FB
RGB176, 69, 251
HSL275°, 96%, 63%
HSV275°, 73%, 98%
CMYK30%, 73%, 0%, 2%
XYZ37.45, 20.45, 93.24
Yxy20.45, 0.2478, 0.1353
CIE-Lab52.34, 71.96, -72.09
Hunter Lab45.22, 72.20, -96.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 27% · Blue 98%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #B045FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B045FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B045FB

.text { color: #B045FB; }
.background { background-color: #B045FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B045FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(176, 69, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 96%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B045FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(176, 69, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B045FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(176, 69, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B045FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B045FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B045FB

#A328FB#960AFA#8505E1#7304C3#6503AA#53038C#41026E#2F0250#1E0132#0C0014

Tints of #B045FB

#B655FC#BF69FC#C578FC#CC87FD#D49BFD#DBAAFD#E1B9FE#E7C8FE#F0DCFE#F6EBFF

Tones of #B045FB

#AE53EE#AC60E2#A96DD5#A77AC7#A587BA#A393AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #92FB46:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.13:1 AA large only
Against black text5.09:1 AA

Best text color on #B045FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B045FB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #B045FB: ·

How #B045FB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #8281CFDeuteranopia · #8890C4Tritanopia · #ABACA5

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B045FB rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B242FE#B04AFF#B13BFF#AA4CF0#B44DEF#B235FC#A642EE#A14CFE#A94AEC#AA44E8#B931FC#9D39F9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B045FA  ·  #B045FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B045FB?

#B045FB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 176, 69, 251). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B045FB?

#B045FB is RGB 176, 69, 251 — HSL 275°, 96%, 63% — CMYK 30%, 73%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B045FB?

Its complement is #92FB46; analogous partners are #5546FB and #FB46EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B045FB for text?

Black text on #B045FB has a contrast ratio of 5.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.13:1.