#BB85E7#BB85E7

#BB85E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.149 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85E7
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 42.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 38.83, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 57.11, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0923 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.149 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3021, 33.1099, 79.6955)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85E7 #B1E785

analogous

#8A85E7 #BB85E7 #E785E2

triadic

#BB85E7 #E7BB85 #85E7BB

tetradic

#BB85E7 #E78A85 #B1E785 #85E2E7

square

#BB85E7 #E78A85 #B1E785 #85E2E7

split-complementary

#BB85E7 #E2E785 #85E78A

monochromatic

#8128CA #9E52DD #BB85E7 #D8B8F1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB85E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB85E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85E7

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85E7	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F99EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B594AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.149 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ef',
    500: '#bb85e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85e7;
$custom-light: #d1a9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70757,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85E7

secondary

#E3F1D7

accent

#CF1669

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85E7

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

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