#BB86BF#BB86BF

#BB86BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.101 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86BF
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 191)
HSL	hsl(296, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(296, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 29.94, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 36.99, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0818 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.101 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4216, 31.3778, 53.3127)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86BF #8ABF86

analogous

#9E86BF #BB86BF #BF86A6

triadic

#BB86BF #BFBB86 #86BFBB

tetradic

#BB86BF #BF9E86 #8ABF86 #86A6BF

square

#BB86BF #BF9E86 #8ABF86 #86A6BF

split-complementary

#BB86BF #A6BF86 #86BF9E

monochromatic

#804685 #A55EAA #BB86BF #D1AED4 #E8D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB86BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB86BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86BF

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86BF	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.101 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad2',
    500: '#bb86bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86bf;
$custom-light: #d0aad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.789,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69137,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86BF

secondary

#C8DAC6

accent

#AA3C44

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86BF

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

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