#B855C8#B855C8

#B855C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.191 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855C8
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(292, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 56.45, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 70.65, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1504 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.191 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4399, 20.8591, 56.8972)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855C8 #65C855

analogous

#7E55C8 #B855C8 #C8559E

triadic

#B855C8 #C8B855 #55C8B8

tetradic

#B855C8 #C87E55 #65C855 #559EC8

square

#B855C8 #C87E55 #65C855 #559EC8

split-complementary

#B855C8 #9EC855 #55C87E

monochromatic

#6F287B #9937A9 #B855C8 #CB83D7 #DFB1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B855C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B855C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855C8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855C8	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.191 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ad9',
    500: '#b855c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855c8;
$custom-light: #d08ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61695,
    "c": 0.19111,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855C8

secondary

#ABD4A5

accent

#DB4D61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855C8

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

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