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#BB83FD — Light Vivid Purple

#BB83FD is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #BB83FD 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.

#BB83FD 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 #C3FD81; it also sits naturally between #8186FD and #F981FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB83FD · RGB 187, 131, 253

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Color values

HEX#BB83FD
RGB187, 131, 253
HSL268°, 97%, 75%
HSV268°, 48%, 99%
CMYK26%, 48%, 0%, 1%
XYZ46.34, 33.89, 97.03
Yxy33.89, 0.2614, 0.1912
CIE-Lab64.87, 44.93, -53.02
Hunter Lab58.21, 44.01, -63.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 51% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 48% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB83FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB83FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB83FD

.text { color: #BB83FD; }
.background { background-color: #BB83FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB83FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 131, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 97%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB83FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 131, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB83FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 131, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB83FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB83FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB83FD

#A85EFD#953BFC#8218FB#7004EC#5F03C9#4C02A1#3C027E#2B015A#1A0137#0A0014

Tints of #BB83FD

#C18BFD#C696FD#CBA0FE#D1AAFE#D9B9FE#DEC3FE#E4CDFE#E9D7FE#EFE1FF#F4EBFF

Tones of #BB83FD

#BC8AF4#BC93EB#BD9CE2#BDA4DA#BEADD1#BFB6C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3FD81:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.70:1 Fails
Against black text7.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #BB83FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB83FD

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 #BB83FD: ·

How #BB83FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A2DFDeuteranopia · #A6AAD8Tritanopia · #B8C8C3

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 #BB83FD rather than the exact color:

Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Palette C2ffff
#C2FFFF · #8BDEFF · #A888FF · #26466F

Similar colors

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

#B983FF#BC7AF9#B088F9#C77DFF#B693FE#A888FF#BA7CE9#B799FF#AE83EA#BC6FF1#B375E9#C499F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB83FC  ·  #BB83FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB83FD?

#BB83FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 131, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB83FD?

#BB83FD is RGB 187, 131, 253 — HSL 268°, 97%, 75% — CMYK 26%, 48%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BB83FD?

Its complement is #C3FD81; analogous partners are #8186FD and #F981FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB83FD for text?

Black text on #BB83FD has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.70:1.