#BB85E9#BB85E9

#BB85E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.151 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85E9
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 39.27, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 58.12, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0927 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.151 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5862, 33.2235, 81.1916)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85E9 #B3E985

analogous

#8985E9 #BB85E9 #E985E5

triadic

#BB85E9 #E9BB85 #85E9BB

tetradic

#BB85E9 #E98985 #B3E985 #85E5E9

square

#BB85E9 #E98985 #B3E985 #85E5E9

split-complementary

#BB85E9 #E5E985 #85E989

monochromatic

#8125CE #9E51E0 #BB85E9 #D8B9F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB85E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB85E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85E9

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85E9	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B595AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.151 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9f0',
    500: '#bb85e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85e9;
$custom-light: #d1a9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85E9

secondary

#E4F2D8

accent

#D1146B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85E9

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

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