#B855AB#B855AB

#B855AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.165 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855AB
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 51.23, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 58.31, 331.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1468 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.165 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3663, 19.6297, 40.7097)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855AB #55B862

analogous

#9455B8 #B855AB #B85579

triadic

#B855AB #ABB855 #55ABB8

tetradic

#B855AB #B89455 #55B862 #5579B8

square

#B855AB #B89455 #55B862 #5579B8

split-complementary

#B855AB #79B855 #55B894

monochromatic

#672B60 #933D87 #B855AB #CA80C0 #DCABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B855AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B855AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855AB

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855AB	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5272AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.165 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089c4',
    500: '#b855ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ab;
$custom-light: #d089c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.879,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60233,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855AB

secondary

#9FCAA5

accent

#D16757

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855AB

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

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