#BB85DD#BB85DD

#BB85DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85DD
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 36.64, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 52.09, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0905 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.137 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9299, 32.5610, 72.4686)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85DD #A7DD85

analogous

#8F85DD #BB85DD #DD85D3

triadic

#BB85DD #DDBB85 #85DDBB

tetradic

#BB85DD #DD8F85 #A7DD85 #85D3DD

square

#BB85DD #DD8F85 #A7DD85 #85D3DD

split-complementary

#BB85DD #D3DD85 #85DD8F

monochromatic

#8332B5 #A055D0 #BB85DD #D6B5EA #F0E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB85DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BB85DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85DD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85DD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B892A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e8',
    500: '#bb85dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85dd;
$custom-light: #d1a9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85DD

secondary

#DCECD2

accent

#C42260

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85DD

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

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