#BB86EE#BB86EE

#BB86EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.155 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86EE
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 43.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 39.85, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 60.03, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0921 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.155 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4481, 33.7884, 85.0526)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86EE #B9EE86

analogous

#8786EE #BB86EE #EE86ED

triadic

#BB86EE #EEBB86 #86EEBB

tetradic

#BB86EE #EE8786 #B9EE86 #86EDEE

square

#BB86EE #EE8786 #B9EE86 #86EDEE

split-complementary

#BB86EE #EDEE86 #86EE87

monochromatic

#7F1FDB #9D50E6 #BB86EE #D9BCF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB86EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB86EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86EE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86EE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B397AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.155 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aaf4',
    500: '#bb86ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86ee;
$custom-light: #d1aaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 75.362,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80E71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86EE

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

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