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#BB34FB — Vivid Purple

#BB34FB 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 #BB34FB 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.

#BB34FB 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 #72FB32; it also sits naturally between #5732FB and #FB32D6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB34FB · RGB 187, 52, 251

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Color values

HEX#BB34FB
RGB187, 52, 251
HSL281°, 96%, 59%
HSV281°, 79%, 98%
CMYK25%, 79%, 0%, 2%
XYZ39.13, 19.99, 93.06
Yxy19.99, 0.2572, 0.1313
CIE-Lab51.82, 79.64, -72.87
Hunter Lab44.71, 81.69, -98.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 20% · Blue 98%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 79% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB34FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB34FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB34FB

.text { color: #BB34FB; }
.background { background-color: #BB34FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB34FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 52, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 96%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB34FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 52, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB34FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 52, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB34FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB34FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB34FB

#B319FA#A505F0#9404D7#8004B9#6E03A0#5A0382#480269#34024B#220132#0E0014

Tints of #BB34FB

#C246FB#C755FC#CD69FC#D47DFC#DB91FD#E0A0FD#E6B4FD#EDC8FE#F2D7FE#F8EBFF

Tones of #BB34FB

#B641EC#B14EDF#AC5DD0#A66CC1#A17AB3#9C88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #72FB32:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.20:1 AA large only
Against black text5.00:1 AA

Best text color on #BB34FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB34FB

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 #BB34FB: ·

How #BB34FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #817FCBDeuteranopia · #8893BFTritanopia · #B4A59C

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB34FB 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 Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB34FA  ·  #BB34FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB34FB?

#BB34FB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 52, 251). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB34FB?

#BB34FB is RGB 187, 52, 251 — HSL 281°, 96%, 59% — CMYK 25%, 79%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BB34FB?

Its complement is #72FB32; analogous partners are #5732FB and #FB32D6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB34FB for text?

Black text on #BB34FB has a contrast ratio of 5.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.20:1.