#BB86BB#BB86BB

#BB86BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86BB
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 29.17, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 35.19, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0806 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.097 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9874, 31.2041, 51.0260)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86BB #86BB86

analogous

#A086BB #BB86BB #BB86A0

triadic

#BB86BB #BBBB86 #86BBBB

tetradic

#BB86BB #BBA086 #86BB86 #86A0BB

square

#BB86BB #BBA086 #86BB86 #86A0BB

split-complementary

#BB86BB #A0BB86 #86BBA0

monochromatic

#7F477F #A55FA5 #BB86BB #D1ADD1 #E7D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB86BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BB86BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86BB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86BB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aacf',
    500: '#bb86bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86bb;
$custom-light: #d0aacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86BB

secondary

#C5D8C5

accent

#A73F3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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