#BB85D3#BB85D3

#BB85D3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85D3
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 211)
HSL	hsl(282, 47%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 37%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 37%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 34.52, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 47.15, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0884 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.125 315)
XYZ	xyz(40.6371, 32.0439, 65.6598)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85D3 #9DD385

analogous

#9485D3 #BB85D3 #D385C4

triadic

#BB85D3 #D3BB85 #85D3BB

tetradic

#BB85D3 #D39485 #9DD385 #85C4D3

square

#BB85D3 #D39485 #9DD385 #85C4D3

split-complementary

#BB85D3 #C4D385 #85D394

monochromatic

#833BA3 #A258C3 #BB85D3 #D4B2E3 #EDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB85D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB85D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85D3

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85D3	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7896D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9e0',
    500: '#bb85d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85d3;
$custom-light: #d0a9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.32043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85D3

secondary

#D5E6CE

accent

#BA2B57

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85D3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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