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#BB4FEE — Vivid Purple

#BB4FEE is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #BB4FEE 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.

#BB4FEE 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 #81EE4F; it also sits naturally between #6C4FEE and #EE4FD0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB4FEE · RGB 187, 79, 238

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Color values

HEX#BB4FEE
RGB187, 79, 238
HSL281°, 82%, 62%
HSV281°, 67%, 93%
CMYK21%, 67%, 0%, 7%
XYZ38.72, 22.33, 83.16
Yxy22.33, 0.2685, 0.1548
CIE-Lab54.38, 67.32, -61.48
Hunter Lab47.25, 67.15, -76.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 31% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB4FEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB4FEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB4FEE

.text { color: #BB4FEE; }
.background { background-color: #BB4FEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB4FEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 79, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 82%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB4FEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 79, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB4FEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 79, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB4FEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB4FEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB4FEE

#B133EB#A617E8#9515D1#8112B5#6D0F99#5A0C7D#460A61#35074A#21052E#0D0213

Tints of #BB4FEE

#C15DEF#C86FF1#CD7DF2#D490F4#DA9EF5#DFABF7#E6BEF9#EBCCFA#F3DFFC#F8ECFD

Tones of #BB4FEE

#B75AE2#B365D7#AF71CC#AB7CC0#A688B4#A292AA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #81EE4F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.84:1 AA large only
Against black text5.47:1 AA

Best text color on #BB4FEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB4FEE

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 #BB4FEE: ·

How #BB4FEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8C8BC8Deuteranopia · #939BBETritanopia · #B6A9A2

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 #BB4FEE rather than the exact color:

Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6

Similar colors

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

#B44DEF#BD4DE4#C147E9#BC53E3#C94EEF#B958E2#AA4CF0#C260EF#A94AEC#BA52DB#C65FEC#AD49E1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB4FED  ·  #BB4FEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB4FEE?

#BB4FEE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 79, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB4FEE?

#BB4FEE is RGB 187, 79, 238 — HSL 281°, 82%, 62% — CMYK 21%, 67%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BB4FEE?

Its complement is #81EE4F; analogous partners are #6C4FEE and #EE4FD0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB4FEE for text?

Black text on #BB4FEE has a contrast ratio of 5.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.84:1.