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#BB57FB — Light Vivid Purple

#BB57FB is a purple color we call Light 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 #BB57FB 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.

#BB57FB 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 #95FB56; it also sits naturally between #6956FB and #FB56E7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB57FB · RGB 187, 87, 251

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Color values

HEX#BB57FB
RGB187, 87, 251
HSL277°, 95%, 66%
HSV277°, 65%, 98%
CMYK25%, 65%, 0%, 2%
XYZ41.31, 24.35, 93.79
Yxy24.35, 0.2591, 0.1527
CIE-Lab56.43, 66.54, -65.41
Hunter Lab49.34, 66.79, -83.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 34% · Blue 98%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 65% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB57FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB57FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB57FB

.text { color: #BB57FB; }
.background { background-color: #BB57FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB57FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 87, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 95%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB57FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 87, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB57FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 87, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB57FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB57FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB57FB

#B038FA#A41AF9#9206EA#8005CC#6D04AE#5A0490#480372#320250#1F0132#0C0114

Tints of #BB57FB

#C165FB#C774FB#CD83FC#D392FC#D9A1FD#DFAFFD#E5BEFD#EBCDFE#F1DCFE#F7EBFE

Tones of #BB57FB

#B962EF#B66DE3#B379D7#B185CC#AE91C0#AB9CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95FB56:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.58:1 AA large only
Against black text5.87:1 AA

Best text color on #BB57FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB57FB

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 #BB57FB: ·

How #BB57FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #908FD3Deuteranopia · #969DCATritanopia · #B6B4AD

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB57FB rather than the exact color:

Palette 3d30a2
#3D30A2 · #B15EFF · #FFA33C · #FFFB73
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A

Similar colors

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

#B15EFF#C260EF#B767FF#B44DEF#B04AFF#C65FEC#C94EEF#BA68EE#A85CF1#AA4CF0#B242FE#D250FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB57FA  ·  #BB57FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB57FB?

#BB57FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 87, 251). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB57FB?

#BB57FB is RGB 187, 87, 251 — HSL 277°, 95%, 66% — CMYK 25%, 65%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BB57FB?

Its complement is #95FB56; analogous partners are #6956FB and #FB56E7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB57FB for text?

Black text on #BB57FB has a contrast ratio of 5.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.58:1.