#BB85F3#BB85F3

#BB85F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.163 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85F3
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 243)
HSL	hsl(269, 82%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 45.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 41.53, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 63.18, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0942 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.163 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0553, 33.8112, 88.9293)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85F3 #BDF385

analogous

#8586F3 #BB85F3 #F285F3

triadic

#BB85F3 #F3BB85 #85F3BB

tetradic

#BB85F3 #F38586 #BDF385 #85F3F2

square

#BB85F3 #F38586 #BDF385 #85F3F2

split-complementary

#BB85F3 #F3F285 #86F385

monochromatic

#7D17E7 #9C4DEE #BB85F3 #DABDF8 #EFE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB85F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB85F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85F3

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85F3	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#689CF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769DF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B297B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.163 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9f7',
    500: '#bb85f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85f3;
$custom-light: #d1a9f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71363,
    "c": 0.16302,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85F3

secondary

#E6F4D7

accent

#DE0775

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85F3

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

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