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#B140FE — Vivid Purple

#B140FE 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 #B140FE 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.

#B140FE 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 #8BFE3E; it also sits naturally between #513EFE and #FE3EEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B140FE · RGB 177, 64, 254

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Color values

HEX#B140FE
RGB177, 64, 254
HSL276°, 99%, 62%
HSV276°, 75%, 100%
CMYK30%, 75%, 0%, 0%
XYZ37.85, 20.17, 95.66
Yxy20.17, 0.2463, 0.1312
CIE-Lab52.03, 74.64, -74.26
Hunter Lab44.91, 75.44, -101.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 25% · Blue 100%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 75% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B140FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B140FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B140FE

.text { color: #B140FE; }
.background { background-color: #B140FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B140FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(177, 64, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 99%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B140FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(177, 64, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B140FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(177, 64, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B140FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B140FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B140FE

#A520FE#9901FE#8901E4#7701C6#6501A7#520189#40016B#310051#1F0033#0C0014

Tints of #B140FE

#B74DFE#C062FE#C671FE#CE85FE#D494FE#DAA4FF#E2B8FF#E9C7FF#F1DBFF#F7EBFF

Tones of #B140FE

#AF4CF0#AC59E3#A967D5#A675C7#A483B9#A191AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8BFE3E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.17:1 AA large only
Against black text5.03:1 AA

Best text color on #B140FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B140FE

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 #B140FE: ·

How #B140FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #807FD0Deuteranopia · #878FC5Tritanopia · #ABACA4

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 #B140FE 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#B331F1#A14CFE#B44DEF#9D39F9#A94AEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B140FD  ·  #B140FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B140FE?

#B140FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 177, 64, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B140FE?

#B140FE is RGB 177, 64, 254 — HSL 276°, 99%, 62% — CMYK 30%, 75%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #B140FE?

Its complement is #8BFE3E; analogous partners are #513EFE and #FE3EEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B140FE for text?

Black text on #B140FE has a contrast ratio of 5.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.17:1.