#B855DB#B855DB

#B855DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.209 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855DB
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 60.15, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 79.31, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1511 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.209 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7999, 21.8031, 69.3267)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855DB #78DB55

analogous

#7555DB #B855DB #DB55BB

triadic

#B855DB #DBB855 #55DBB8

tetradic

#B855DB #DB7555 #78DB55 #55BBDB

square

#B855DB #DB7555 #78DB55 #55BBDB

split-complementary

#B855DB #BBDB55 #55DB75

monochromatic

#772096 #9F2AC8 #B855DB #CD88E6 #E2BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B855DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B855DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855DB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855DB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.209 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ae7',
    500: '#b855db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855db;
$custom-light: #d18ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.328,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.20924,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855DB

secondary

#B9E0AC

accent

#E8406C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855DB

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

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