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#B720EF — Vivid Purple

#B720EF 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 #B720EF 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.

#B720EF 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 #56EF1F; it also sits naturally between #501FEF and #EF1FBF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B720EF · RGB 183, 32, 239

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Color values

HEX#B720EF
RGB183, 32, 239
HSL284°, 87%, 53%
HSV284°, 87%, 94%
CMYK23%, 87%, 0%, 6%
XYZ35.62, 17.33, 83.13
Yxy17.33, 0.2618, 0.1274
CIE-Lab48.68, 81.73, -71.28
Hunter Lab41.63, 83.42, -95.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 72% · Green 13% · Blue 94%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #B720EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B720EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B720EF

.text { color: #B720EF; }
.background { background-color: #B720EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B720EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(183, 32, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 87%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B720EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(183, 32, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B720EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(183, 32, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B720EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B720EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B720EF

#AC10E5#9A0ECD#880DB5#760B9D#680A8A#560872#44065B#320543#20032B#0E0113

Tints of #B720EF

#BE32F1#C54AF2#CC5DF4#D270F5#D988F7#DF9BF8#E5AEF9#EBC1FB#F3D9FC#F9ECFE

Tones of #B720EF

#B12DE1#AA3DD1#A34BC3#9C5BB3#9569A5#8E7996

Color harmonies

Complementary — #56EF1F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.70:1 AA
Against black text4.47:1 AA large only

Best text color on #B720EF: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B720EF

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 #B720EF: ·

How #B720EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7674BDDeuteranopia · #7E8AB1Tritanopia · #AF958D

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 #B720EF rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1

Similar colors

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

#BF27EB#B819FA#BF2EF0#C424E6#AA1DE4#B331F1#A823F8#C725E5#C313FA#C52CF9#B81FDA#B931FC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B720EE  ·  #B720F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B720EF?

#B720EF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 183, 32, 239). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B720EF?

#B720EF is RGB 183, 32, 239 — HSL 284°, 87%, 53% — CMYK 23%, 87%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #B720EF?

Its complement is #56EF1F; analogous partners are #501FEF and #EF1FBF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B720EF for text?

White text on #B720EF has a contrast ratio of 4.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.47:1.