#BB85DE#BB85DE

#BB85DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.138 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85DE
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 40.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 36.86, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 52.59, 314.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0907 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.138 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0635, 32.6145, 73.1724)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85DE #A8DE85

analogous

#8F85DE #BB85DE #DE85D5

triadic

#BB85DE #DEBB85 #85DEBB

tetradic

#BB85DE #DE8F85 #A8DE85 #85D5DE

square

#BB85DE #DE8F85 #A8DE85 #85D5DE

split-complementary

#BB85DE #D5DE85 #85DE8F

monochromatic

#8332B7 #A055D1 #BB85DE #D6B5EB #F1E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB85DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BB85DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85DE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85DE	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7398E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B792A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.138 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e8',
    500: '#bb85de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85de;
$custom-light: #d1a9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.404,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85DE

secondary

#DDECD3

accent

#C52161

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85DE

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

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