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#BB2EEC — Vivid Purple

#BB2EEC is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #BB2EEC 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.

#BB2EEC 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 #5DEB2D; it also sits naturally between #5D2DEB and #EB2DBC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB2EEC · RGB 187, 46, 236

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Color values

HEX#BB2EEC
RGB187, 46, 236
HSL285°, 83%, 55%
HSV285°, 81%, 93%
CMYK21%, 81%, 0%, 7%
XYZ36.61, 18.57, 81.01
Yxy18.57, 0.2688, 0.1364
CIE-Lab50.19, 78.51, -67.11
Hunter Lab43.10, 79.76, -86.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 18% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB2EEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB2EEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB2EEC

.text { color: #BB2EEC; }
.background { background-color: #BB2EEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB2EEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 46, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 83%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB2EEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 46, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB2EEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 46, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB2EEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB2EEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB2EEC

#B416E9#A214D2#9011BB#7E0FA3#6C0D8C#570A70#450859#330641#20042A#0E0213

Tints of #BB2EEC

#C240ED#C852EF#CE65F1#D478F2#DB8FF5#E1A2F6#E7B4F8#EDC7FA#F3DAFC#F9ECFD

Tones of #BB2EEC

#B53BDE#AE49D0#A756C2#A163B6#9A71A8#937E9A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5DEB2D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.45:1 AA large only
Against black text4.71:1 AA

Best text color on #BB2EEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB2EEC

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 #BB2EEC: ·

How #BB2EEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7E7DBEDeuteranopia · #8691B3Tritanopia · #B49A92

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

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB2EEC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA

Similar colors

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

#BF2EF0#BF27EB#BA33E4#B331F1#C72CE6#C735E8#B234E2#C424E6#B931FC#C52CF9#C725E5#C73CEE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB2EEB  ·  #BB2EED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB2EEC?

#BB2EEC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 46, 236). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB2EEC?

#BB2EEC is RGB 187, 46, 236 — HSL 285°, 83%, 55% — CMYK 21%, 81%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BB2EEC?

Its complement is #5DEB2D; analogous partners are #5D2DEB and #EB2DBC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB2EEC for text?

Black text on #BB2EEC has a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.45:1.