#BB86D3#BB86D3

#BB86D3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86D3
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 36.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 33.97, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 46.50, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0869 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.123 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7746, 32.3190, 65.7056)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86D3 #9ED386

analogous

#9586D3 #BB86D3 #D386C4

triadic

#BB86D3 #D3BB86 #86D3BB

tetradic

#BB86D3 #D39586 #9ED386 #86C4D3

square

#BB86D3 #D39586 #9ED386 #86C4D3

split-complementary

#BB86D3 #C4D386 #86D395

monochromatic

#833BA3 #A259C3 #BB86D3 #D4B3E3 #EDE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB86D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BB86D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86D3

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86D3	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A97D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA90A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae0',
    500: '#bb86d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86d3;
$custom-light: #d0aae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.299,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69986,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86D3

secondary

#D6E6CE

accent

#BA2C58

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86D3

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

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