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#B142FA — Vivid Purple

#B142FA 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 #B142FA 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.

#B142FA 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 #8CFA42; it also sits naturally between #5442FA and #FA42E8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B142FA · RGB 177, 66, 250

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Color values

HEX#B142FA
RGB177, 66, 250
HSL276°, 95%, 62%
HSV276°, 74%, 98%
CMYK29%, 74%, 0%, 2%
XYZ37.33, 20.15, 92.36
Yxy20.15, 0.2492, 0.1344
CIE-Lab52.00, 73.07, -72.08
Hunter Lab44.88, 73.48, -96.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 26% · Blue 98%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B142FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B142FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B142FA

.text { color: #B142FA; }
.background { background-color: #B142FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B142FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(177, 66, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 95%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B142FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(177, 66, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B142FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(177, 66, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B142FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B142FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B142FA

#A424F9#9806F9#8906E0#7605C2#6404A4#520386#400368#310250#1E0132#0C0114

Tints of #B142FA

#B751FB#BF65FB#C574FB#CD88FC#D497FC#DAA5FD#E2B9FD#E8C8FE#F1DCFE#F7EBFE

Tones of #B142FA

#AE50ED#AB5CE0#A96AD2#A676C6#A384B8#A191AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8CFA42:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.18:1 AA large only
Against black text5.03:1 AA

Best text color on #B142FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B142FA

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 #B142FA: ·

How #B142FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8180CDDeuteranopia · #8790C3Tritanopia · #ABAAA3

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 #B142FA 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
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B142F9  ·  #B142FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B142FA?

#B142FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 177, 66, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B142FA?

#B142FA is RGB 177, 66, 250 — HSL 276°, 95%, 62% — CMYK 29%, 74%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B142FA?

Its complement is #8CFA42; analogous partners are #5442FA and #FA42E8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B142FA for text?

Black text on #B142FA has a contrast ratio of 5.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.18:1.