#B855AF#B855AF

#B855AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.169 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855AF
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 175)
HSL	hsl(305, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 51.91, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 59.91, 330.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1475 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.169 331)
XYZ	xyz(30.7533, 19.7845, 42.7481)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855AF #55B85E

analogous

#9055B8 #B855AF #B8557D

triadic

#B855AF #AFB855 #55AFB8

tetradic

#B855AF #B89055 #55B85E #557DB8

square

#B855AF #B89055 #55B85E #557DB8

split-complementary

#B855AF #7DB855 #55B890

monochromatic

#672B62 #933D8B #B855AF #CA80C3 #DCABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B855AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B855AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855AF

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855AF	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.169 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089c7',
    500: '#b855af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855af;
$custom-light: #d089c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60422,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855AF

secondary

#9FCAA3

accent

#D16257

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855AF

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

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