#BB86C8#BB86C8

#BB86C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86C8
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 33%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 31.71, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 41.18, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0842 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.111 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4426, 31.7862, 58.6900)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86C8 #93C886

analogous

#9A86C8 #BB86C8 #C886B4

triadic

#BB86C8 #C8BB86 #86C8BB

tetradic

#BB86C8 #C89A86 #93C886 #86B4C8

square

#BB86C8 #C89A86 #93C886 #86B4C8

split-complementary

#BB86C8 #B4C886 #86C89A

monochromatic

#824291 #A35CB5 #BB86C8 #D3B0DB #EADAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB86C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BB86C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86C8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86C8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad9',
    500: '#bb86c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86c8;
$custom-light: #d0aad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86C8

secondary

#CEE0CA

accent

#B0354D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86C8

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

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