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#BB3CFD — Vivid Purple

#BB3CFD 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 #BB3CFD 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.

#BB3CFD 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 #7EFD3A; it also sits naturally between #573AFD and #FD3AE0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB3CFD · RGB 187, 60, 253

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Color values

HEX#BB3CFD
RGB187, 60, 253
HSL279°, 98%, 61%
HSV279°, 76%, 99%
CMYK26%, 76%, 0%, 1%
XYZ39.84, 20.89, 94.86
Yxy20.89, 0.2561, 0.1343
CIE-Lab52.83, 77.52, -72.35
Hunter Lab45.70, 79.29, -97.15

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 #BB3CFD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB3CFD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB3CFD

.text { color: #BB3CFD; }
.background { background-color: #BB3CFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB3CFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 60, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 98%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB3CFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 60, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB3CFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 60, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB3CFD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB3CFD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB3CFD

#AE1CFD#A503FC#9102DE#7D02C0#6D02A7#590188#45016A#31014C#210132#0D0014

Tints of #BB3CFD

#C04EFD#C55DFD#CD72FE#D281FE#D995FE#DFA4FE#E6B8FE#EBC7FE#F2DCFF#F8EBFF

Tones of #BB3CFD

#B548EF#B056E1#AC64D3#A872C5#A480B7#A08EA9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7EFD3A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.06:1 AA large only
Against black text5.18:1 AA

Best text color on #BB3CFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB3CFD

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 #BB3CFD: ·

How #BB3CFD 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 · #8B95C3Tritanopia · #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 #BB3CFD 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#B04AFF#B331F1#C73CEE#C52CF9#BF2EF0#CC2FF8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB3CFC  ·  #BB3CFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB3CFD?

#BB3CFD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 60, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB3CFD?

#BB3CFD is RGB 187, 60, 253 — HSL 279°, 98%, 61% — CMYK 26%, 76%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BB3CFD?

Its complement is #7EFD3A; analogous partners are #573AFD and #FD3AE0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB3CFD for text?

Black text on #BB3CFD has a contrast ratio of 5.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.06:1.