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#B514FA — Vivid Purple

#B514FA 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 #B514FA 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.

#B514FA 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 #59FA14; it also sits naturally between #4214FA and #FA14CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B514FA · RGB 181, 20, 250

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Color values

HEX#B514FA
RGB181, 20, 250
HSL282°, 96%, 53%
HSV282°, 92%, 98%
CMYK28%, 92%, 0%, 2%
XYZ36.56, 17.23, 91.84
Yxy17.23, 0.2511, 0.1183
CIE-Lab48.54, 85.43, -77.69
Hunter Lab41.50, 88.21, -108.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 71% · Green 8% · Blue 98%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 92% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B514FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B514FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B514FA

.text { color: #B514FA; }
.background { background-color: #B514FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B514FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(181, 20, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 96%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B514FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(181, 20, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B514FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(181, 20, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B514FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B514FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B514FA

#A905F0#9804D7#8604BE#7403A5#660391#550278#43025F#310146#20012D#0E0014

Tints of #B514FA

#BB28FB#C341FB#CA55FC#D069FC#D882FC#DE96FD#E4AAFD#EBBEFE#F2D7FE#F9EBFF

Tones of #B514FA

#AE25E9#A834DA#A245C9#9B56B8#9467A8#8E7698

Color harmonies

Complementary — #59FA14:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.72:1 AA
Against black text4.45:1 AA large only

Best text color on #B514FA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B514FA

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 #B514FA: ·

How #B514FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6F6EC2Deuteranopia · #7985B5Tritanopia · #AD968D

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B514FA rather than the exact color:

Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6

Similar colors

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

#B819FA#C313FA#A823F8#A222F7#AA1DE4#BF27EB#9E22F6#9A1CFD#C52CF9#B931FC#BF2EF0#C424E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B514F9  ·  #B514FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B514FA?

#B514FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 181, 20, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B514FA?

#B514FA is RGB 181, 20, 250 — HSL 282°, 96%, 53% — CMYK 28%, 92%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #B514FA?

Its complement is #59FA14; analogous partners are #4214FA and #FA14CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B514FA for text?

White text on #B514FA has a contrast ratio of 4.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.45:1.