#BB85E4#BB85E4

#BB85E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.145 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85E4
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 38.17, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 55.60, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0918 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.145 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8820, 32.9419, 77.4831)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85E4 #AEE485

analogous

#8B85E4 #BB85E4 #E485DD

triadic

#BB85E4 #E4BB85 #85E4BB

tetradic

#BB85E4 #E48B85 #AEE485 #85DDE4

square

#BB85E4 #E48B85 #AEE485 #85DDE4

split-complementary

#BB85E4 #DDE485 #85E48B

monochromatic

#822BC3 #9F53D9 #BB85E4 #D7B7EF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB85E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB85E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85E4

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85E4	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7199E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B693AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.145 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ed',
    500: '#bb85e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85e4;
$custom-light: #d1a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.105,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7061,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85E4

secondary

#E1EFD6

accent

#CC1A67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85E4

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

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