#B855D9#B855D9

#B855D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.207 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855D9
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 59.76, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 78.38, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1511 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.207 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5382, 21.6984, 67.9484)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855D9 #76D955

analogous

#7655D9 #B855D9 #D955B8

triadic

#B855D9 #D9B855 #55D9B8

tetradic

#B855D9 #D97655 #76D955 #55B8D9

square

#B855D9 #D97655 #76D955 #55B8D9

split-complementary

#B855D9 #B8D955 #55D976

monochromatic

#762193 #9F2CC5 #B855D9 #CD87E4 #E2B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B855D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B855D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855D9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855D9	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.207 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ae5',
    500: '#b855d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855d9;
$custom-light: #d08ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62653,
    "c": 0.2073,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855D9

secondary

#B8DFAB

accent

#E6416B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855D9

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

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