#BB85E5#BB85E5

#BB85E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.146 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85E5
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 38.39, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 56.10, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.092 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.146 309)
XYZ	xyz(43.0212, 32.9975, 78.2163)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85E5 #AFE585

analogous

#8B85E5 #BB85E5 #E585DF

triadic

#BB85E5 #E5BB85 #85E5BB

tetradic

#BB85E5 #E58B85 #AFE585 #85DFE5

square

#BB85E5 #E58B85 #AFE585 #85DFE5

split-complementary

#BB85E5 #DFE585 #85E58B

monochromatic

#822AC6 #9F53DA #BB85E5 #D7B7F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB85E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB85E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85E5

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85E5	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B694AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.146 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ed',
    500: '#bb85e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85e5;
$custom-light: #d1a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70659,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.32997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85E5

secondary

#E1F0D6

accent

#CD1968

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85E5

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

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