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#B140FB — Vivid Purple

#B140FB 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 #B140FB 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.

#B140FB 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 #8BFB41; it also sits naturally between #5441FB and #FB41E9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B140FB · RGB 177, 64, 251

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Color values

HEX#B140FB
RGB177, 64, 251
HSL276°, 96%, 62%
HSV276°, 75%, 98%
CMYK29%, 75%, 0%, 2%
XYZ37.38, 19.98, 93.15
Yxy19.98, 0.2483, 0.1327
CIE-Lab51.81, 74.02, -72.94
Hunter Lab44.70, 74.60, -98.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 25% · Blue 98%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 75% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B140FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B140FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B140FB

.text { color: #B140FB; }
.background { background-color: #B140FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B140FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(177, 64, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 96%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B140FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(177, 64, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B140FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(177, 64, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B140FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B140FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B140FB

#A423FB#9805FA#8905E1#7704C3#6403A5#520387#400269#310250#1E0132#0C0014

Tints of #B140FB

#B750FB#BF64FC#C573FC#CE87FD#D496FD#DAA5FD#E2B9FE#E8C8FE#F1DCFE#F7EBFF

Tones of #B140FB

#AE4FEE#AB5BE1#A969D3#A676C6#A384B8#A191AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8BFB41:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.20:1 AA large only
Against black text5.00:1 AA

Best text color on #B140FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B140FB

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 #B140FB: ·

How #B140FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #807FCEDeuteranopia · #878FC3Tritanopia · #ABAAA2

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 #B140FB rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6

Similar colors

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

#B242FE#B13BFF#B04AFF#B235FC#B931FC#A642EE#AA4CF0#B44DEF#B331F1#A94AEC#A14CFE#AA44E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B140FA  ·  #B140FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B140FB?

#B140FB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 177, 64, 251). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B140FB?

#B140FB is RGB 177, 64, 251 — HSL 276°, 96%, 62% — CMYK 29%, 75%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B140FB?

Its complement is #8BFB41; analogous partners are #5441FB and #FB41E9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B140FB for text?

Black text on #B140FB has a contrast ratio of 5.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.20:1.