#BB86E8#BB86E8

#BB86E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.148 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86E8
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 38.50, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 56.99, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0911 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.148 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.5813, 33.4417, 80.4873)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86E8 #B3E886

analogous

#8A86E8 #BB86E8 #E886E4

triadic

#BB86E8 #E8BB86 #86E8BB

tetradic

#BB86E8 #E88A86 #B3E886 #86E4E8

square

#BB86E8 #E88A86 #B3E886 #86E4E8

split-complementary

#BB86E8 #E4E886 #86E88A

monochromatic

#8127CD #9E53DE #BB86E8 #D8B9F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB86E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB86E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86E8

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86E8	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B595AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.148 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aaef',
    500: '#bb86e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86e8;
$custom-light: #d1aaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.33441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86E8

secondary

#E4F1D8

accent

#D0166B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86E8

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

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