#BB86BC#BB86BC

#BB86BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86BC
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(299, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 29.36, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 35.64, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0809 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.098 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.0948, 31.2471, 51.5918)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86BC #87BC86

analogous

#A086BC #BB86BC #BC86A2

triadic

#BB86BC #BCBB86 #86BCBB

tetradic

#BB86BC #BCA086 #87BC86 #86A2BC

square

#BB86BC #BCA086 #87BC86 #86A2BC

split-complementary

#BB86BC #A2BC86 #86BCA0

monochromatic

#7F4780 #A55FA6 #BB86BC #D1ADD2 #E7D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB86BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BB86BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86BC

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86BC	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad0',
    500: '#bb86bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86bc;
$custom-light: #d0aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69017,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.31246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86BC

secondary

#C6D9C5

accent

#A73E40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86BC

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

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