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#BB80EF — Light Vivid Purple

#BB80EF 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 #BB80EF 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.

#BB80EF 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 #B4EF80; it also sits naturally between #8480EF and #EF80EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB80EF · RGB 187, 128, 239

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Color values

HEX#BB80EF
RGB187, 128, 239
HSL272°, 78%, 72%
HSV272°, 46%, 94%
CMYK22%, 46%, 0%, 6%
XYZ43.79, 32.24, 85.58
Yxy32.24, 0.2710, 0.1995
CIE-Lab63.54, 43.35, -47.44
Hunter Lab56.78, 42.01, -54.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 50% · Blue 94%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB80EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB80EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB80EF

.text { color: #BB80EF; }
.background { background-color: #BB80EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB80EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 128, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(272, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB80EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 128, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB80EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 128, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB80EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB80EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB80EF

#AA60EB#9940E7#8B25E4#7919CC#6615AC#53118D#400D6D#300A52#1E0632#0B0212

Tints of #BB80EF

#C089F0#C797F2#CCA0F3#D3ADF5#D8B6F6#DDBFF7#E4CDF9#E9D6FA#F0E4FC#F5EDFD

Tones of #BB80EF

#BB88E7#BA90E0#BA97D8#B9A0CF#B9A8C7#B8B0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4EF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.82:1 Fails
Against black text7.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #BB80EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB80EF

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 #BB80EF: ·

How #BB80EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A1A1D4Deuteranopia · #A5A9CETritanopia · #B8BFBA

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BB80EF rather than the exact color:

Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Dusty Monsoon
#311FD6 · #B779E4 · #E54BDA · #E27CA9
Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Honey Ruby Aurora
#AE83EA · #C01EB9 · #EC6792 · #ED946D
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F

Similar colors

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

#BA7CE9#BC7AF9#B779E4#C480E4#AE83EA#B375E9#C47BE4#B983FF#B088F9#BC6FF1#BE79DF#B98EE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB80EE  ·  #BB80F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB80EF?

#BB80EF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 128, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB80EF?

#BB80EF is RGB 187, 128, 239 — HSL 272°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 22%, 46%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BB80EF?

Its complement is #B4EF80; analogous partners are #8480EF and #EF80EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB80EF for text?

Black text on #BB80EF has a contrast ratio of 7.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.82:1.