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#BB3CFC — Vivid Purple

#BB3CFC 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 #BB3CFC 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.

#BB3CFC 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 #7BFC3B; it also sits naturally between #5B3BFC and #FC3BDC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB3CFC · RGB 187, 60, 252

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Color values

HEX#BB3CFC
RGB187, 60, 252
HSL280°, 97%, 61%
HSV280°, 76%, 99%
CMYK26%, 76%, 0%, 1%
XYZ39.68, 20.82, 94.02
Yxy20.82, 0.2568, 0.1348
CIE-Lab52.76, 77.33, -71.91
Hunter Lab45.63, 79.02, -96.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 24% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 76% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB3CFC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB3CFC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB3CFC

.text { color: #BB3CFC; }
.background { background-color: #BB3CFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB3CFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 60, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 97%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB3CFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 60, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB3CFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 60, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB3CFC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB3CFC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB3CFC

#B11DFC#A904FB#9403DD#8003BF#6F03A6#5B0288#470269#33014B#220132#0D0014

Tints of #BB3CFC

#C34FFC#C85EFD#CF72FD#D481FD#DB96FD#E0A5FE#E7B9FE#ECC8FE#F3DCFE#F8EBFF

Tones of #BB3CFC

#B749EE#B257E0#AE65D2#A972C5#A580B7#A08EA9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7BFC3B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.07:1 AA large only
Against black text5.16:1 AA

Best text color on #BB3CFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB3CFC

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 #BB3CFC: ·

How #BB3CFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8483CEDeuteranopia · #8B95C2Tritanopia · #B5A9A1

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB3CFC rather than the exact color:

Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Cosmic Ruby Lagoon
#38180C · #C93DFB · #ABF723 · #FB2AC9
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA

Similar colors

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

#B13BFF#B242FE#B931FC#B235FC#C93DFB#C942FD#B331F1#B04AFF#C73CEE#BF2EF0#C52CF9#CC2FF8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB3CFB  ·  #BB3CFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB3CFC?

#BB3CFC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 60, 252). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB3CFC?

#BB3CFC is RGB 187, 60, 252 — HSL 280°, 97%, 61% — CMYK 26%, 76%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BB3CFC?

Its complement is #7BFC3B; analogous partners are #5B3BFC and #FC3BDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB3CFC for text?

Black text on #BB3CFC has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.07:1.