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#B045FE — Vivid Purple

#B045FE 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 #B045FE 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.

#B045FE 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 #91FE43; it also sits naturally between #5343FE and #FE43EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B045FE · RGB 176, 69, 254

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Color values

HEX#B045FE
RGB176, 69, 254
HSL275°, 99%, 63%
HSV275°, 73%, 100%
CMYK31%, 73%, 0%, 0%
XYZ37.92, 20.64, 95.75
Yxy20.64, 0.2457, 0.1338
CIE-Lab52.56, 72.59, -73.41
Hunter Lab45.43, 73.05, -99.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 27% · Blue 100%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B045FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B045FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B045FE

.text { color: #B045FE; }
.background { background-color: #B045FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B045FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(176, 69, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 99%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B045FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(176, 69, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B045FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(176, 69, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B045FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B045FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B045FE

#A325FE#9706FE#8601E4#7401C6#6501AD#53018E#410170#300051#1E0033#0C0014

Tints of #B045FE

#B752FE#BF67FE#C676FE#CC85FE#D49AFE#DBA9FF#E1B8FF#E8C7FF#F0DBFF#F6EBFF

Tones of #B045FE

#AE50F1#AC5EE4#AA6BD6#A779C8#A586BB#A393AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91FE43:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #B045FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B045FE

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 #B045FE: ·

How #B045FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8281D1Deuteranopia · #8890C6Tritanopia · #ABAEA6

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 #B045FE rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B045FD  ·  #B045FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B045FE?

#B045FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 176, 69, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B045FE?

#B045FE is RGB 176, 69, 254 — HSL 275°, 99%, 63% — CMYK 31%, 73%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #B045FE?

Its complement is #91FE43; analogous partners are #5343FE and #FE43EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B045FE for text?

Black text on #B045FE has a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.09:1.