#BB86E4#BB86E4

#BB86E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.143 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86E4
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 41.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 37.62, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 54.97, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0904 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.143 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0196, 33.2170, 77.5290)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86E4 #AFE486

analogous

#8C86E4 #BB86E4 #E486DE

triadic

#BB86E4 #E4BB86 #86E4BB

tetradic

#BB86E4 #E48C86 #AFE486 #86DEE4

square

#BB86E4 #E48C86 #AFE486 #86DEE4

split-complementary

#BB86E4 #DEE486 #86E48C

monochromatic

#822CC4 #9F54D9 #BB86E4 #D7B8EF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB86E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB86E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86E4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86E4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B694AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.143 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aaed',
    500: '#bb86e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86e4;
$custom-light: #d1aaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70777,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86E4

secondary

#E1EFD6

accent

#CB1A67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86E4

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

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