#BB86EB#BB86EB

#BB86EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.152 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86EB
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 43%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 39.17, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 58.51, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0916 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.152 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0111, 33.6136, 82.7507)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86EB #B6EB86

analogous

#8986EB #BB86EB #EB86E9

triadic

#BB86EB #EBBB86 #86EBBB

tetradic

#BB86EB #EB8986 #B6EB86 #86E9EB

square

#BB86EB #EB8986 #B6EB86 #86E9EB

split-complementary

#BB86EB #E9EB86 #86EB89

monochromatic

#8023D4 #9D51E2 #BB86EB #D9BBF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB86EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB86EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86EB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86EB	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B496AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.152 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aaf2',
    500: '#bb86eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86eb;
$custom-light: #d1aaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D4126E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86EB

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

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