#B855D1#B855D1

#B855D1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.200 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D1
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 209)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 59.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 58.18, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 74.71, 321.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1509 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.2 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5228, 21.2923, 62.6006)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D1 #6ED155

analogous

#7A55D1 #B855D1 #D155AC

triadic

#B855D1 #D1B855 #55D1B8

tetradic

#B855D1 #D17A55 #6ED155 #55ACD1

square

#B855D1 #D17A55 #6ED155 #55ACD1

split-complementary

#B855D1 #ACD155 #55D17A

monochromatic

#732587 #9C32B7 #B855D1 #CC85DE #E0B5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B855D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B855D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D1

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D1	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3779D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.200 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08adf',
    500: '#b855d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d1;
$custom-light: #d08adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.903,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62194,
    "c": 0.19963,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D1

secondary

#B2DAA8

accent

#E14766

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D1

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

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