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#BB2CFF — Vivid Purple

#BB2CFF is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #BB2CFF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BB2CFF is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #70FF2E; it also sits naturally between #542EFF and #FF2ED9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB2CFF · RGB 187, 44, 255

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Color values

HEX#BB2CFF
RGB187, 44, 255
HSL281°, 100%, 59%
HSV281°, 83%, 100%
CMYK27%, 83%, 0%, 0%
XYZ39.44, 19.59, 96.31
Yxy19.59, 0.2539, 0.1261
CIE-Lab51.37, 82.58, -75.84
Hunter Lab44.26, 85.34, -104.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 17% · Blue 100%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 83% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BB2CFF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB2CFF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB2CFF

.text { color: #BB2CFF; }
.background { background-color: #BB2CFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB2CFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 44, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 100%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB2CFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 44, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB2CFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 44, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB2CFF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB2CFF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB2CFF

#B514FF#A700F5#9600DB#8100BD#7000A3#5B0085#49006B#34004D#230033#0E0014

Tints of #BB2CFF

#C342FF#C852FF#CF66FF#D57AFF#DB8FFF#E09EFF#E7B3FF#EDC7FF#F2D6FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #BB2CFF

#B73DF0#B24CE1#AC5BD2#A769C3#A278B5#9C88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #70FF2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.27:1 AA large only
Against black text4.92:1 AA

Best text color on #BB2CFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB2CFF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BB2CFF: ·

How #BB2CFF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7D7CCCDeuteranopia · #8590C0Tritanopia · #B4A49B

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB2CFF rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B931FC#C52CF9#B235FC#BF2EF0#B331F1#B13BFF#CC2FF8#B819FA#BF27EB#A823F8#C93DFB#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB2CFE  ·  #BB2D00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB2CFF?

#BB2CFF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 44, 255). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB2CFF?

#BB2CFF is RGB 187, 44, 255 — HSL 281°, 100%, 59% — CMYK 27%, 83%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BB2CFF?

Its complement is #70FF2E; analogous partners are #542EFF and #FF2ED9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB2CFF for text?

Black text on #BB2CFF has a contrast ratio of 4.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.27:1.