#BB86F8#BB86F8

#BB86F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.167 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB86F8
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 248)
HSL	hsl(268, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 46%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 42.13, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 65.11, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0935 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.167 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9583, 34.3924, 93.0060)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB86F8 #C3F886

analogous

#868AF8 #BB86F8 #F486F8

triadic

#BB86F8 #F8BB86 #86F8BB

tetradic

#BB86F8 #F8868A #C3F886 #86F8F4

square

#BB86F8 #F8868A #C3F886 #86F8F4

split-complementary

#BB86F8 #F8F486 #8AF886

monochromatic

#7A12F1 #9A4CF5 #BB86F8 #DCC0FB #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB86F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB86F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB86F8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB86F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB86F8	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#679DFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749EF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19AB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb86f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.167 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aafb',
    500: '#bb86f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb86f8;
$custom-light: #d2aafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb86f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 89.063,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71786,
    "c": 0.16747,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB86F8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E6007B

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB86F8

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

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