#B855CB#B855CB

#B855CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.194 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855CB
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 57.02, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 71.99, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1506 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.194 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7939, 21.0007, 58.7618)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855CB #68CB55

analogous

#7D55CB #B855CB #CB55A3

triadic

#B855CB #CBB855 #55CBB8

tetradic

#B855CB #CB7D55 #68CB55 #55A3CB

square

#B855CB #CB7D55 #68CB55 #55A3CB

split-complementary

#B855CB #A3CB55 #55CB7D

monochromatic

#71277F #9A35AE #B855CB #CC84D9 #DFB3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B855CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B855CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855CB

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855CB	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.194 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08adb',
    500: '#b855cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855cb;
$custom-light: #d08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.339,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61859,
    "c": 0.19393,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855CB

secondary

#ADD6A6

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855CB

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

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