#BB85E6#BB85E6

#BB85E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.147 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85E6
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 38.61, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 56.61, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0922 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.147 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1613, 33.0535, 78.9538)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85E6 #B0E685

analogous

#8A85E6 #BB85E6 #E685E0

triadic

#BB85E6 #E6BB85 #85E6BB

tetradic

#BB85E6 #E68A85 #B0E685 #85E0E6

square

#BB85E6 #E68A85 #B0E685 #85E0E6

split-complementary

#BB85E6 #E0E685 #85E68A

monochromatic

#8129C8 #9F52DC #BB85E6 #D7B8F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85E6

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85E6	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F99EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B594AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.147 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ee',
    500: '#bb85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85e6;
$custom-light: #d1a9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.402,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70708,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85E6

secondary

#E2F0D7

accent

#CE1868

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85E6

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

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