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#BB59FA — Light Vivid Purple

#BB59FA 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 #BB59FA 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.

#BB59FA 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 #95FA57; it also sits naturally between #6A57FA and #FA57E7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB59FA · RGB 187, 89, 250

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Color values

HEX#BB59FA
RGB187, 89, 250
HSL277°, 94%, 66%
HSV277°, 64%, 98%
CMYK25%, 64%, 0%, 2%
XYZ41.32, 24.61, 93.02
Yxy24.61, 0.2600, 0.1548
CIE-Lab56.70, 65.43, -64.43
Hunter Lab49.61, 65.53, -82.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 35% · Blue 98%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 64% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB59FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB59FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB59FA

.text { color: #BB59FA; }
.background { background-color: #BB59FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB59FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 89, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 94%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB59FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 89, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB59FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 89, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB59FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB59FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB59FA

#AF39F9#A31BF8#9207E9#7F06CB#6D05AD#5A048F#480472#32024F#1F0231#0C0114

Tints of #BB59FA

#C166FA#C774FB#CD83FB#D392FC#D9A1FC#DFB0FD#E5BFFD#EBCEFD#F1DCFE#F7EBFE

Tones of #BB59FA

#B962EF#B66EE2#B379D7#B086CB#AE91C0#AB9DB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95FA57:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.55:1 AA large only
Against black text5.92:1 AA

Best text color on #BB59FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB59FA

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 #BB59FA: ·

How #BB59FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9190D3Deuteranopia · #969ECATritanopia · #B6B4AE

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 #BB59FA 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
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A
Dusty Whisper
#BA68EE · #5A1287 · #4B0F71 · #2D0943

Similar colors

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

#B15EFF#C260EF#B767FF#B44DEF#C65FEC#BA68EE#B04AFF#C94EEF#A85CF1#B961E5#B460E5#AA4CF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB59F9  ·  #BB59FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB59FA?

#BB59FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 89, 250). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB59FA?

#BB59FA is RGB 187, 89, 250 — HSL 277°, 94%, 66% — CMYK 25%, 64%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BB59FA?

Its complement is #95FA57; analogous partners are #6A57FA and #FA57E7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB59FA for text?

Black text on #BB59FA has a contrast ratio of 5.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.55:1.