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#B433FA — Vivid Purple

#B433FA 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 #B433FA 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.

#B433FA 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 #79FA33; it also sits naturally between #5133FA and #FA33DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B433FA · RGB 180, 51, 250

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Color values

HEX#B433FA
RGB180, 51, 250
HSL279°, 95%, 59%
HSV279°, 80%, 98%
CMYK28%, 80%, 0%, 2%
XYZ37.26, 18.97, 92.14
Yxy18.97, 0.2511, 0.1279
CIE-Lab50.66, 78.63, -74.25
Hunter Lab43.56, 80.05, -101.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 71% · Green 20% · Blue 98%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B433FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B433FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B433FA

.text { color: #B433FA; }
.background { background-color: #B433FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B433FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(180, 51, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 95%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B433FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(180, 51, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B433FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(180, 51, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B433FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B433FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B433FA

#AB1AF9#9D06EF#8D05D6#7905B8#69049F#550381#450368#31024B#210132#0D0114

Tints of #B433FA

#BC47FA#C156FB#C86AFB#D07EFC#D792FC#DCA1FD#E4B4FD#EBC8FE#F0D7FE#F8EBFE

Tones of #B433FA

#B042EB#AC4FDE#A75ECF#A36CC1#9F7AB3#9B88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #79FA33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.38:1 AA large only
Against black text4.79:1 AA

Best text color on #B433FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B433FA

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 #B433FA: ·

How #B433FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BCADeuteranopia · #848DBETritanopia · #AEA49B

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 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B433FA rather than the exact color:

Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA

Similar colors

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

#B235FC#B931FC#B331F1#B13BFF#B242FE#BF2EF0#C52CF9#A823F8#BF27EB#BA33E4#C93DFB#A642EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B433F9  ·  #B433FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B433FA?

#B433FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 180, 51, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B433FA?

#B433FA is RGB 180, 51, 250 — HSL 279°, 95%, 59% — CMYK 28%, 80%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B433FA?

Its complement is #79FA33; analogous partners are #5133FA and #FA33DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B433FA for text?

Black text on #B433FA has a contrast ratio of 4.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.38:1.