#BB86D8#BB86D8

#BB86D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86D8
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 38%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 35.02, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 48.97, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.088 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.129 313)
XYZ	xyz(41.4112, 32.5736, 69.0583)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86D8 #A3D886

analogous

#9286D8 #BB86D8 #D886CC

triadic

#BB86D8 #D8BB86 #86D8BB

tetradic

#BB86D8 #D89286 #A3D886 #86CCD8

square

#BB86D8 #D89286 #A3D886 #86CCD8

split-complementary

#BB86D8 #CCD886 #86D892

monochromatic

#8337AC #A158C9 #BB86D8 #D5B4E7 #EFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB86D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BB86D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86D8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86D8	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7798DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B991A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae4',
    500: '#bb86d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86d8;
$custom-light: #d0aae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.32573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86D8

secondary

#D9E9D1

accent

#BF275D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86D8

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

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