#B855D6#B855D6

#B855D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.204 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D6
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 59.16, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 77.00, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.151 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.204 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1515, 21.5438, 65.9120)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D6 #73D655

analogous

#7755D6 #B855D6 #D655B3

triadic

#B855D6 #D6B855 #55D6B8

tetradic

#B855D6 #D67755 #73D655 #55B3D6

square

#B855D6 #D67755 #73D655 #55B3D6

split-complementary

#B855D6 #B3D655 #55D677

monochromatic

#75228E #9E2EC0 #B855D6 #CD86E2 #E1B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B855D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B855D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D6	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.204 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ae3',
    500: '#b855d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d6;
$custom-light: #d08ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.047,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62479,
    "c": 0.20442,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D6

secondary

#B6DDAA

accent

#E44469

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D6

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

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