#B855B3#B855B3

#B855B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.172 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855B3
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(303, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 52.61, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 61.55, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.1481 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.172 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1520, 19.9440, 44.8478)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855B3 #55B85A

analogous

#8B55B8 #B855B3 #B85582

triadic

#B855B3 #B3B855 #55B3B8

tetradic

#B855B3 #B88B55 #55B85A #5582B8

square

#B855B3 #B88B55 #55B85A #5582B8

split-complementary

#B855B3 #82B855 #55B88B

monochromatic

#672B64 #933D8E #B855B3 #CA80C6 #DCABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B855B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B855B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855B3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855B3	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E73B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.172 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089ca',
    500: '#b855b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855b3;
$custom-light: #d089ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.03,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60614,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855B3

secondary

#9FCAA1

accent

#D15D57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855B3

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

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