#B855D7#B855D7

#B855D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.205 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D7
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 59.36, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 77.46, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.151 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.205 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2796, 21.5950, 66.5867)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D7 #74D755

analogous

#7755D7 #B855D7 #D755B5

triadic

#B855D7 #D7B855 #55D7B8

tetradic

#B855D7 #D77755 #74D755 #55B5D7

square

#B855D7 #D77755 #74D755 #55B5D7

split-complementary

#B855D7 #B5D755 #55D777

monochromatic

#762290 #9E2DC1 #B855D7 #CD87E3 #E1B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B855D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B855D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D7

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D7	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.205 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ae4',
    500: '#b855d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d7;
$custom-light: #d08ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.692,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.20538,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D7

secondary

#B7DEAA

accent

#E54369

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D7

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

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