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#B151FA — Vivid Purple

#B151FA 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 #B151FA 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.

#B151FA 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 #9BFA52; it also sits naturally between #5D52FA and #FA52EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B151FA · RGB 177, 81, 250

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Color values

HEX#B151FA
RGB177, 81, 250
HSL274°, 94%, 65%
HSV274°, 68%, 98%
CMYK29%, 68%, 0%, 2%
XYZ38.33, 22.13, 92.69
Yxy22.13, 0.2503, 0.1445
CIE-Lab54.17, 66.95, -68.57
Hunter Lab47.05, 66.65, -89.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 32% · Blue 98%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 68% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B151FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B151FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B151FA

.text { color: #B151FA; }
.background { background-color: #B151FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B151FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(177, 81, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 94%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B151FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(177, 81, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B151FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(177, 81, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B151FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B151FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B151FA

#A434F9#9616F8#8707E9#7606CB#6405AD#50048B#3F036D#2E024F#1D0231#0B0114

Tints of #B151FA

#B861FA#BE70FB#C57EFB#CC8DFB#D5A1FC#DBB0FD#E2BFFD#E9CEFD#EFDCFE#F6EBFE

Tones of #B151FA

#AF5DEE#AE6AE2#AC76D6#AB82C9#A98EBE#A79AB1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9BFA52:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.87:1 AA large only
Against black text5.43:1 AA

Best text color on #B151FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B151FA

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 #B151FA: ·

How #B151FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8787D1Deuteranopia · #8D94C7Tritanopia · #ACB1AA

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B151FA rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Palette 3d30a2
#3D30A2 · #B15EFF · #FFA33C · #FFFB73
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Velvet Mirage
#58D7EA · #175CC0 · #2F26E7 · #A85CF1

Similar colors

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

#B04AFF#B44DEF#AA4CF0#B15EFF#B242FE#A85CF1#A14CFE#A94AEC#A642EE#B13BFF#AA44E8#B767FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B151F9  ·  #B151FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B151FA?

#B151FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 177, 81, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B151FA?

#B151FA is RGB 177, 81, 250 — HSL 274°, 94%, 65% — CMYK 29%, 68%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B151FA?

Its complement is #9BFA52; analogous partners are #5D52FA and #FA52EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B151FA for text?

Black text on #B151FA has a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.87:1.