#BB85EB#BB85EB

#BB85EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.153 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85EB
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 39.72, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 59.13, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.093 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.153 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8735, 33.3384, 82.7048)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85EB #B5EB85

analogous

#8885EB #BB85EB #EB85E8

triadic

#BB85EB #EBBB85 #85EBBB

tetradic

#BB85EB #EB8885 #B5EB85 #85E8EB

square

#BB85EB #EB8885 #B5EB85 #85E8EB

split-complementary

#BB85EB #E8EB85 #85EB88

monochromatic

#8023D3 #9E50E2 #BB85EB #D8BAF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB85EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB85EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85EB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85EB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B495AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.153 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9f2',
    500: '#bb85eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85eb;
$custom-light: #d1a9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D4126D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85EB

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

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