#B855D5#B855D5

#B855D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.203 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D5
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 58.96, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 76.54, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.151 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.203 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0242, 21.4928, 65.2415)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D5 #72D555

analogous

#7855D5 #B855D5 #D555B2

triadic

#B855D5 #D5B855 #55D5B8

tetradic

#B855D5 #D57855 #72D555 #55B2D5

square

#B855D5 #D57855 #72D555 #55B2D5

split-complementary

#B855D5 #B2D555 #55D578

monochromatic

#75238D #9D2FBE #B855D5 #CC86E1 #E1B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B855D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B855D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3279D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.203 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ae2',
    500: '#b855d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d5;
$custom-light: #d08ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.406,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62422,
    "c": 0.20345,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D5

secondary

#B5DCA9

accent

#E44468

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D5

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

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