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#B341F5 — Vivid Purple

#B341F5 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 #B341F5 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.

#B341F5 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 #84F542; it also sits naturally between #5A42F5 and #F542DD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B341F5 · RGB 179, 65, 245

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Color values

HEX#B341F5
RGB179, 65, 245
HSL278°, 90%, 61%
HSV278°, 73%, 96%
CMYK27%, 73%, 0%, 4%
XYZ36.96, 19.96, 88.29
Yxy19.96, 0.2545, 0.1374
CIE-Lab51.79, 72.77, -69.62
Hunter Lab44.67, 73.04, -91.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 70% · Green 25% · Blue 96%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B341F5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B341F5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B341F5

.text { color: #B341F5; }
.background { background-color: #B341F5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B341F5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(179, 65, 245); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 90%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B341F5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(179, 65, 245, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B341F5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(179, 65, 245, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B341F5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B341F5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B341F5

#A825F4#9E0DF2#8B0BD5#780AB8#6808A0#550783#420566#2F0449#200330#0D0113

Tints of #B341F5

#BB55F6#C164F7#C977F8#CF86F9#D699FA#DCA8FA#E4BBFB#EACAFC#F1DDFD#F7ECFE

Tones of #B341F5

#B04FE8#AD5CDB#A969CE#A675C2#A282B5#9F8FA8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #84F542:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.21:1 AA large only
Against black text4.99:1 AA

Best text color on #B341F5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B341F5

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 #B341F5: ·

How #B341F5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8281C9Deuteranopia · #8891BFTritanopia · #ADA7A0

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 #B341F5 rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
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#B44DEF#B04AFF#B235FC#A642EE#AA4CF0#AA44E8#A94AEC#B331F1#B931FC#C147E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B341F4  ·  #B341F6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B341F5?

#B341F5 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 179, 65, 245). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B341F5?

#B341F5 is RGB 179, 65, 245 — HSL 278°, 90%, 61% — CMYK 27%, 73%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #B341F5?

Its complement is #84F542; analogous partners are #5A42F5 and #F542DD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B341F5 for text?

Black text on #B341F5 has a contrast ratio of 4.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.21:1.