#B855AD#B855AD

#B855AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.167 H 331.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855AD
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 51.57, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 59.10, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1471 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.167 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5584, 19.7065, 41.7213)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855AD #55B860

analogous

#9255B8 #B855AD #B8557B

triadic

#B855AD #ADB855 #55ADB8

tetradic

#B855AD #B89255 #55B860 #557BB8

square

#B855AD #B89255 #55B860 #557BB8

split-complementary

#B855AD #7BB855 #55B892

monochromatic

#672B61 #933D89 #B855AD #CA80C2 #DCABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B855AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B855AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855AD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855AD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5172B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.167 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089c5',
    500: '#b855ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ad;
$custom-light: #d089c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60327,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855AD

secondary

#9FCAA4

accent

#D16457

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855AD

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

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