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#BBA2FB — Light Vivid Purple

#BBA2FB is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #BBA2FB 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.

#BBA2FB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E2FBA2; it also sits naturally between #A2B5FB and #E8A2FB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBA2FB · RGB 187, 162, 251

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Color values

HEX#BBA2FB
RGB187, 162, 251
HSL257°, 92%, 81%
HSV257°, 35%, 98%
CMYK25%, 35%, 0%, 2%
XYZ50.83, 43.37, 96.96
Yxy43.37, 0.2659, 0.2269
CIE-Lab71.81, 27.37, -41.03
Hunter Lab65.86, 26.45, -46.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 64% · Blue 98%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBA2FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBA2FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBA2FB

.text { color: #BBA2FB; }
.background { background-color: #BBA2FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBA2FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 162, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBA2FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 162, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBA2FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 162, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBA2FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBA2FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBA2FB

#9F7BF9#8659F8#6931F6#4D0AF5#4209D3#3607AB#290684#1D045D#12023B#060114

Tints of #BBA2FB

#C2ACFC#C6B1FC#CDBAFC#D1BFFC#D8C9FD#DBCEFD#E2D8FD#E6DDFE#EDE7FE#F1EBFE

Tones of #BBA2FB

#BEA8F5#C1AFEF#C3B5E8#C6BCE1#C9C2DB#CCC8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2FBA2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.17:1 Fails
Against black text9.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBA2FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBA2FB

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 #BBA2FB: ·

How #BBA2FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B0B0E5Deuteranopia · #B2B4E0Tritanopia · #BAD4D1

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 · #8B5CF6Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBA2FB rather than the exact color:

Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3
Palette Fff9ca
#FFF9CA · #FFDEB4 · #FFB4B4 · #B2A4FF
Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD
Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9

Similar colors

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

#B2A4FF#B2A5FF#B799FF#BEADFA#B7A5F0#BEA4EF#ADA2FF#C499F3#B2A0EE#B693FE#BDB2FF#B1AFFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBA2FA  ·  #BBA2FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBA2FB?

#BBA2FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 187, 162, 251). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBA2FB?

#BBA2FB is RGB 187, 162, 251 — HSL 257°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 25%, 35%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BBA2FB?

Its complement is #E2FBA2; analogous partners are #A2B5FB and #E8A2FB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBA2FB for text?

Black text on #BBA2FB has a contrast ratio of 9.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.17:1.