#B855AA#B855AA

#B855AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.164 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855AA
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 51.06, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 57.91, 331.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1466 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.164 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2713, 19.5917, 40.2096)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855AA #55B863

analogous

#9555B8 #B855AA #B85578

triadic

#B855AA #AAB855 #55AAB8

tetradic

#B855AA #B89555 #55B863 #5578B8

square

#B855AA #B89555 #55B863 #5578B8

split-complementary

#B855AA #78B855 #55B895

monochromatic

#672B5F #933D87 #B855AA #CA80C0 #DCABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B855AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B855AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855AA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855AA	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5371AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.164 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089c3',
    500: '#b855aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855aa;
$custom-light: #d089c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.485,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855AA

secondary

#9FCAA5

accent

#D16857

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855AA

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

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