#BB86D4#BB86D4

#BB86D4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86D4
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 37%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 34.18, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 46.99, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0871 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.124 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9004, 32.3693, 66.3679)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86D4 #9FD486

analogous

#9486D4 #BB86D4 #D486C6

triadic

#BB86D4 #D4BB86 #86D4BB

tetradic

#BB86D4 #D49486 #9FD486 #86C6D4

square

#BB86D4 #D49486 #9FD486 #86C6D4

split-complementary

#BB86D4 #C6D486 #86D494

monochromatic

#833BA5 #A259C4 #BB86D4 #D4B3E4 #EEE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB86D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB86D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86D4

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86D4	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7997D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B990A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae1',
    500: '#bb86d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86d4;
$custom-light: #d0aae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70031,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86D4

secondary

#D7E7CF

accent

#BB2B59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86D4

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

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