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#BB33FE — Vivid Purple

#BB33FE 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 #BB33FE 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.

#BB33FE 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 #77FE34; it also sits naturally between #5634FE and #FE34DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB33FE · RGB 187, 51, 254

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Color values

HEX#BB33FE
RGB187, 51, 254
HSL280°, 99%, 60%
HSV280°, 80%, 100%
CMYK26%, 80%, 0%, 0%
XYZ39.57, 20.09, 95.56
Yxy20.09, 0.2549, 0.1294
CIE-Lab51.94, 80.51, -74.35
Hunter Lab44.82, 82.83, -101.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 20% · Blue 100%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB33FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB33FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB33FE

.text { color: #BB33FE; }
.background { background-color: #BB33FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB33FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 51, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 99%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB33FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 51, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB33FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 51, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB33FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB33FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB33FE

#B016FE#A601F9#9201DA#8101C1#6D01A2#580184#47016B#33004C#220033#0E0014

Tints of #BB33FE

#C148FE#C758FE#CD6CFE#D37BFE#D98FFE#E0A4FF#E5B3FF#ECC7FF#F1D6FF#F8EBFF

Tones of #BB33FE

#B642F0#B151E1#AC5FD3#A76EC4#A37CB6#9E8BA7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #77FE34:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.19:1 AA large only
Against black text5.02:1 AA

Best text color on #BB33FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB33FE

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 #BB33FE: ·

How #BB33FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #807FCDDeuteranopia · #8892C1Tritanopia · #B4A69E

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 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB33FE rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1

Similar colors

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

#B931FC#B235FC#B13BFF#C52CF9#BF2EF0#B331F1#C93DFB#B242FE#CC2FF8#C942FD#C73CEE#BF27EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB33FD  ·  #BB33FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB33FE?

#BB33FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 51, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB33FE?

#BB33FE is RGB 187, 51, 254 — HSL 280°, 99%, 60% — CMYK 26%, 80%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BB33FE?

Its complement is #77FE34; analogous partners are #5634FE and #FE34DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB33FE for text?

Black text on #BB33FE has a contrast ratio of 5.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.19:1.