#BB85D4#BB85D4

#BB85D4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85D4
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 37%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 37.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 34.73, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 47.64, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0886 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.126 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7628, 32.0942, 66.3220)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85D4 #9ED485

analogous

#9485D4 #BB85D4 #D485C5

triadic

#BB85D4 #D4BB85 #85D4BB

tetradic

#BB85D4 #D49485 #9ED485 #85C5D4

square

#BB85D4 #D49485 #9ED485 #85C5D4

split-complementary

#BB85D4 #C5D485 #85D494

monochromatic

#833AA5 #A258C4 #BB85D4 #D4B2E4 #EDE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB85D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BB85D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85D4

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85D4	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7896D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9e1',
    500: '#bb85d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85d4;
$custom-light: #d0a9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.013,
    "s": 47.879,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85D4

secondary

#D6E7CE

accent

#BB2A58

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85D4

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

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