#B855BD#B855BD

#B855BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.181 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855BD
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 54.40, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 65.80, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1494 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.181 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2003, 20.3633, 50.3687)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855BD #5ABD55

analogous

#8455BD #B855BD #BD558E

triadic

#B855BD #BDB855 #55BDB8

tetradic

#B855BD #BD8455 #5ABD55 #558EBD

square

#B855BD #BD8455 #5ABD55 #558EBD

split-complementary

#B855BD #8EBD55 #55BD84

monochromatic

#6A2A6D #953C99 #B855BD #CA81CE #DDADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B855BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B855BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855BD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855BD	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4875C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.181 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ad1',
    500: '#b855bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855bd;
$custom-light: #d08ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61115,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855BD

secondary

#A3CDA1

accent

#D4545A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855BD

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

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