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#BB59FD — Light Vivid Purple

#BB59FD 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 #BB59FD 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.

#BB59FD 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 #9AFD58; it also sits naturally between #6958FD and #FD58ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB59FD · RGB 187, 89, 253

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Color values

HEX#BB59FD
RGB187, 89, 253
HSL276°, 98%, 67%
HSV276°, 65%, 99%
CMYK26%, 65%, 0%, 1%
XYZ41.80, 24.80, 95.51
Yxy24.80, 0.2578, 0.1530
CIE-Lab56.88, 66.07, -65.80
Hunter Lab49.80, 66.35, -84.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 35% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 65% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB59FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB59FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB59FD

.text { color: #BB59FD; }
.background { background-color: #BB59FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB59FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 89, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 98%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB59FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 89, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB59FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 89, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB59FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB59FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB59FD

#AF3AFD#A117FD#9202F2#8002D4#6E02B6#580192#460174#340156#1E0132#0C0014

Tints of #BB59FD

#C168FD#C877FE#CE86FE#D495FE#DAA4FE#DEAEFE#E4BDFE#EACDFE#F1DCFF#F7EBFF

Tones of #BB59FD

#B964F2#B770E6#B47CDA#B288CE#B093C2#AD9FB7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AFD58:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.52:1 AA large only
Against black text5.96:1 AA

Best text color on #BB59FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB59FD

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 #BB59FD: ·

How #BB59FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9190D5Deuteranopia · #969ECCTritanopia · #B6B6AF

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 #BB59FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 3d30a2
#3D30A2 · #B15EFF · #FFA33C · #FFFB73
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
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#B767FF#C260EF#B04AFF#B44DEF#C65FEC#BA68EE#C94EEF#A85CF1#B242FE#D250FA#AA4CF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB59FC  ·  #BB59FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB59FD?

#BB59FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 89, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB59FD?

#BB59FD is RGB 187, 89, 253 — HSL 276°, 98%, 67% — CMYK 26%, 65%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BB59FD?

Its complement is #9AFD58; analogous partners are #6958FD and #FD58ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB59FD for text?

Black text on #BB59FD has a contrast ratio of 5.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.52:1.