#B855D4#B855D4

#B855D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.203 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D4
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 58.77, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 76.08, 320.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.151 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.203 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8977, 21.4422, 64.5751)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D4 #71D455

analogous

#7855D4 #B855D4 #D455B0

triadic

#B855D4 #D4B855 #55D4B8

tetradic

#B855D4 #D47855 #71D455 #55B0D4

square

#B855D4 #D47855 #71D455 #55B0D4

split-complementary

#B855D4 #B0D455 #55D478

monochromatic

#74238B #9D30BC #B855D4 #CC86E0 #E1B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B855D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B855D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D4	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.203 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ae2',
    500: '#b855d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d4;
$custom-light: #d08ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.772,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.2025,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D4

secondary

#B4DCA9

accent

#E34568

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D4

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

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