#BB85F6#BB85F6

#BB85F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.167 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85F6
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 246)
HSL	hsl(269, 86%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 46%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 45.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 42.21, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 64.71, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0946 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.167 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5121, 33.9939, 91.3347)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85F6 #C0F685

analogous

#8588F6 #BB85F6 #F485F6

triadic

#BB85F6 #F6BB85 #85F6BB

tetradic

#BB85F6 #F68588 #C0F685 #85F6F4

square

#BB85F6 #F68588 #C0F685 #85F6F4

split-complementary

#BB85F6 #F6F485 #88F685

monochromatic

#7B13EE #9B4CF2 #BB85F6 #DBBEFA #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB85F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB85F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85F6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85F6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#669CFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B198B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.167 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f9',
    500: '#bb85f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85f6;
$custom-light: #d2a9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 86.26,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85F6

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E30378

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85F6

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

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