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#b206fe

a balanced, electric violet · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: Signal Thistle

RGB
178, 6, 254
HSL
282°, 99%, 51%
CMYK
30, 98, 0, 0
Luminance
0.1675

#b206fe is a balanced electric violet, 282° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.83:1). As text it scores 4.83:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(282 99% 51%)rgb(178 6 254)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b206fe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b206fe
Hue
282°
violet
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1675
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
4.83:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
118.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.592
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 7.9
Web-safe
#9900FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue282° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b206fe.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red57%
Green1%
Blue43%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b206fe
HEX (8-digit)#b206feff
RGBrgb(178, 6, 254)
RGBArgba(178, 6, 254, 1)
HSLhsl(282, 99%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 98%, 100%)
HWBhwb(282 2% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 98%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(48.0 87.2 -80.9)
LCHlch(48.0 118.9 317.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.592 0.298 309.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.31, 16.75, 95.07)
Decimal11667198
Display P3color(display-p3 0.698 0.024 0.996)
Web-safe#9900FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b206fe;
background-color: #b206fe;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b206fe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b206fe] bg-[#b206fe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b206fe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.698, green: 0.024, blue: 0.996)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.024, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B206FE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB206FE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB206FE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 6, 178)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(178, 6, 254)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(178, 6, 254)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 6, 254)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6980f, 0.0235f, 0.9961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{178,6,254}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b206fe 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b206fe 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#58017F, #E6D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b206fe h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF1FE;
  --brand-100: #F5E3FC;
  --brand-200: #E9C0FB;
  --brand-300: #DC8FFF;
  --brand-400: #CB57FE;
  --brand-500: #BA1FFE;
  --brand-600: #b206fe;
  --brand-700: #8D01CB;
  --brand-800: #7101A3;
  --brand-900: #530575;
  --brand-950: #340349;
  --brand: #b206fe;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #DFC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #9B01E0;
  --brand-pressed: #8301BC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F1424;
    --brand-ink: #E6D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF1FE',
        100: '#F5E3FC',
        200: '#E9C0FB',
        300: '#DC8FFF',
        400: '#CB57FE',
        500: '#BA1FFE',
        600: '#b206fe',
        700: '#8D01CB',
        800: '#7101A3',
        900: '#530575',
        950: '#340349',
        DEFAULT: '#b206fe',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF1FE,
  '100': #F5E3FC,
  '200': #E9C0FB,
  '300': #DC8FFF,
  '400': #CB57FE,
  '500': #BA1FFE,
  '600': #b206fe,
  '700': #8D01CB,
  '800': #7101A3,
  '900': #530575,
  '950': #340349,
);
$brand-base: #b206fe;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF1FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9C0FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DC8FFF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CB57FE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BA1FFE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#b206fe", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8D01CB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7101A3", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#530575", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#340349", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #b206fe · 4.83:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.83:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.35:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #b206fe as text scores 4.83:1 on white and 4.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F7E6FF at 4.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#b206fe · 4.83:1
AA on whitealready passes
#b206fe
The quick fox
#8D01CB · 7.00:1
AAA on white−11% L
#8D01CB
The quick fox
#B715FE · 4.55:1
AA on black+3% L
#B715FE
The quick fox
#D067FE · 7.05:1
AAA on black+19% L
#D067FE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B206FE is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b206fe on white: 4.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b206fe on black: 4.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b206fe as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b206fe.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.83:1AaAa
Slate 504.61:1AaAa
Slate 1004.41:1AaAa
Slate 2003.92:1AaAa
Slate 3003.25:1AaAa
Slate 4001.88:1AaAa
Slate 5001.01:1AaAa
Slate 6001.57:1AaAa
Slate 7002.15:1AaAa
Slate 8003.03:1AaAa
Slate 9003.70:1AaAa
Black4.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #006CFF
deuteranopia · #0073FA
tritanopia · #A65E96

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b206fe is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF1FE
#F5E3FC
#E9C0FB
#DC8FFF
#CB57FE
#BA1FFE
#b206fe
#8D01CB
#7101A3
#530575
#340349
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAF1FEDarkest = 950 · #340349Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.075 309.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.119 309.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.179 309.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.233 309.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.274 309.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.298 309.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.298 309.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.280 309.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.251 309.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.209 309.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.164 309.5);
}

Colors that work with #b206fe

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#DFC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#824B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#72CC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#58017F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7E6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#9B01E0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8301BC
Two steps down
Disabled#C0ABC9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B91AFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b206fe

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#52FE06
Analogous left#3606FE
Analogous right#FE06CE
Split-complement 1#CEFE06
Split-complement 2#06FE36
Triadic 1#FEB206
Triadic 2#06FEB2
Tetradic#FE3606
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°282°

#b206fe sits at 282°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.8%
Green2.4%
Blue99.6%
R · 0–255
178
0xb2
G · 0–255
6
0x06
B · 0–255
254
0xfe

CMYK percentages

Cyan29.9%
Magenta97.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 128%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b206fe text on a black background

contrast 4.35:1

Card sample

#b206fe text on a white background

contrast 4.83:1

Card sample

#b206fe on grey

4.41:1

#b206fe on its own surface

4.45:1

#b206fe on its dark surface

3.67:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b206fe;
Background color
Panel with #b206fe background
background-color: #b206fe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b206fe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(178, 6, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(178, 6, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b206fe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b206fe, #FE06A5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b206fe, #FE0667);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b206fe;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b206fe;
caret-color: #b206fe;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b206fe;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7E6FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b206fe;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b206fe 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b206fe over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(178, 6, 254, 0.5)
rgb(178 6 254 / 50%)
#b206fe80
hsl(282 99% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b206fe 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b206fe1a#F7E6FF
20%#b206fe33#F0CDFF
40%#b206fe66#E09BFF
60%#b206fe99#D16AFE
80%#b206fecc#C138FE

Gradients from #b206fe

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C543FE, #b206fe 45%, #58017F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b206fe, #E50180);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b206fe, #52FE06);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CE62FE 0%, #b206fe 45%, #58017F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #4F39FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FE25C2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #58017F 0%, transparent 65%), #b206fe;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b206fe

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b206fe in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.35:1 — lift it to #B715FE for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b206fe, answered

What color is #b206fe?

#b206fe is a balanced electric violet, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 282° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b206fe?

rgb(178, 6, 254) — 178 red, 6 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 69.8% / 2.4% / 99.6% by channel.

What is #b206fe in HSL and HSV?

hsl(282, 99%, 51%) and hsv(282, 98%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b206fe a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1675 and perceived brightness is 51%, so white text on it reaches 4.83:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b206fe?

White. It scores 4.83:1 against #b206fe, versus 4.35:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #b206fe accessible on a white background?

#b206fe on white scores 4.83:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #b206fe?

#52FE06 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CEFE06 and #06FE36, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b206fe?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #DFC0ED for borders, #824B9B for secondary text, #72CC00 as an accent and #58017F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3606FE and #FE06CE stays calm, while #52FE06 is the loudest partner.

What is #b206fe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(30%, 98%, 0%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #b206fe warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FE06EF; nudged cooler, #5705FF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b206fe?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 7.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b206fe as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b206fe in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b206fe] or text-[#b206fe], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b206fe with 50% opacity?

rgba(178, 6, 254, 0.5), or #b206fe80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D983FF; over black, #59037F.

Is #b206fe a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9900FF, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b206fe mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b206fe?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C543FE, #b206fe 45%, #58017F). For more colour, a short hue run to #E50180 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b206fe in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b206fe at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.