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#BB39EA — Vivid Purple

#BB39EA 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 #BB39EA 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.

#BB39EA 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 #68EA39; it also sits naturally between #6239EA and #EA39C1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB39EA · RGB 187, 57, 234

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Color values

HEX#BB39EA
RGB187, 57, 234
HSL284°, 81%, 57%
HSV284°, 76%, 92%
CMYK20%, 76%, 0%, 8%
XYZ36.81, 19.43, 79.65
Yxy19.43, 0.2709, 0.1430
CIE-Lab51.19, 74.84, -64.37
Hunter Lab44.08, 75.44, -81.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 22% · Blue 92%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 76% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB39EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB39EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB39EA

.text { color: #BB39EA; }
.background { background-color: #BB39EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB39EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 57, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 81%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB39EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 57, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB39EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 57, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB39EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB39EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB39EA

#B321E8#A216D4#9014BD#7F11A6#6D0F8F#580C73#460A5C#350745#20042A#0E0212

Tints of #BB39EA

#C14BEC#C75DEE#CE70F0#D482F2#DB95F4#DFA3F5#E6B5F7#ECC8F9#F2DAFB#F9EDFD

Tones of #BB39EA

#B546DD#AF52D1#A95FC4#A36BB8#9D78AB#97849F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #68EA39:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.30:1 AA large only
Against black text4.89:1 AA

Best text color on #BB39EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB39EA

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 #BB39EA: ·

How #BB39EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8382BFDeuteranopia · #8A94B5Tritanopia · #B59D96

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 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB39EA rather than the exact color:

Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Mellow Orchard
#399716 · #77E547 · #B234E2 · #D7B3EF
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1

Similar colors

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

#BA33E4#C735E8#C73CEE#B234E2#BF2EF0#B331F1#C147E9#B936D9#B435DA#C72CE6#BF27EB#B931FC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB39E9  ·  #BB39EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB39EA?

#BB39EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 57, 234). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB39EA?

#BB39EA is RGB 187, 57, 234 — HSL 284°, 81%, 57% — CMYK 20%, 76%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BB39EA?

Its complement is #68EA39; analogous partners are #6239EA and #EA39C1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB39EA for text?

Black text on #BB39EA has a contrast ratio of 4.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.30:1.