#BB85EF#BB85EF

#BB85EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.158 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85EF
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 40.62, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 61.15, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0936 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.158 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4579, 33.5722, 85.7826)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85EF #B9EF85

analogous

#8685EF #BB85EF #EF85EE

triadic

#BB85EF #EFBB85 #85EFBB

tetradic

#BB85EF #EF8685 #B9EF85 #85EEEF

square

#BB85EF #EF8685 #B9EF85 #85EEEF

split-complementary

#BB85EF #EEEF85 #85EF86

monochromatic

#7F1DDD #9D4FE8 #BB85EF #D9BBF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB85EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB85EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85EF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85EF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B396AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.158 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9f4',
    500: '#bb85ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85ef;
$custom-light: #d1a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71157,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D90C71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85EF

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

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