#B855CD#B855CD

#B855CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.196 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855CD
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 57.40, -44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 72.90, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1507 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.196 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0338, 21.0967, 60.0251)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855CD #6ACD55

analogous

#7C55CD #B855CD #CD55A6

triadic

#B855CD #CDB855 #55CDB8

tetradic

#B855CD #CD7C55 #6ACD55 #55A6CD

square

#B855CD #CD7C55 #6ACD55 #55A6CD

split-complementary

#B855CD #A6CD55 #55CD7C

monochromatic

#722682 #9B34B1 #B855CD #CC84DB #E0B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B855CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B855CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855CD

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855CD	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.196 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08add',
    500: '#b855cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855cd;
$custom-light: #d08add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6197,
    "c": 0.19582,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855CD

secondary

#AFD7A6

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855CD

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

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