#BB85DC#BB85DC

#BB85DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85DC
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 39.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 36.43, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 51.60, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0903 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.135 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7971, 32.5079, 71.7691)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85DC #A6DC85

analogous

#9085DC #BB85DC #DC85D2

triadic

#BB85DC #DCBB85 #85DCBB

tetradic

#BB85DC #DC9085 #A6DC85 #85D2DC

square

#BB85DC #DC9085 #A6DC85 #85D2DC

split-complementary

#BB85DC #D2DC85 #85DC90

monochromatic

#8333B3 #A055CE #BB85DC #D6B5EA #F0E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB85DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BB85DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85DC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85DC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B891A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e7',
    500: '#bb85dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85dc;
$custom-light: #d1a9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85DC

secondary

#DBEBD2

accent

#C3235F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85DC

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

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