#B855B2#B855B2

#B855B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.171 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855B2
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 52.43, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 61.14, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1479 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.171 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0512, 19.9036, 44.3171)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855B2 #55B85B

analogous

#8C55B8 #B855B2 #B85581

triadic

#B855B2 #B2B855 #55B2B8

tetradic

#B855B2 #B88C55 #55B85B #5581B8

square

#B855B2 #B88C55 #55B85B #5581B8

split-complementary

#B855B2 #81B855 #55B88C

monochromatic

#672B64 #933D8D #B855B2 #CA80C6 #DCABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B855B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B855B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855B2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855B2	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F73B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.171 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089c9',
    500: '#b855b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855b2;
$custom-light: #d089c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855B2

secondary

#9FCAA2

accent

#D15E57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855B2

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

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