#BB85EE#BB85EE

#BB85EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.157 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85EE
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 40.39, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 60.65, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0935 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.157 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3106, 33.5133, 85.0067)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85EE #B8EE85

analogous

#8685EE #BB85EE #EE85ED

triadic

#BB85EE #EEBB85 #85EEBB

tetradic

#BB85EE #EE8685 #B8EE85 #85EDEE

square

#BB85EE #EE8685 #B8EE85 #85EDEE

split-complementary

#BB85EE #EDEE85 #85EE86

monochromatic

#7F1EDA #9D4FE7 #BB85EE #D9BBF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85EE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85EE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B396AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.157 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9f4',
    500: '#bb85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85ee;
$custom-light: #d1a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80E70

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85EE

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

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