#BB85D7#BB85D7

#BB85D7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85D7
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 38.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 35.36, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 49.11, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0892 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.13 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1448, 32.2470, 68.3336)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85D7 #A1D785

analogous

#9285D7 #BB85D7 #D785CA

triadic

#BB85D7 #D7BB85 #85D7BB

tetradic

#BB85D7 #D79285 #A1D785 #85CAD7

square

#BB85D7 #D79285 #A1D785 #85CAD7

split-complementary

#BB85D7 #CAD785 #85D792

monochromatic

#8338AA #A157C8 #BB85D7 #D5B3E6 #EEE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB85D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BB85D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85D7

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85D7	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7797DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B990A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9e3',
    500: '#bb85d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85d7;
$custom-light: #d0a9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85D7

secondary

#D8E8CF

accent

#BE285B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85D7

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

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