#B855DD#B855DD

#B855DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.211 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855DD
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 60.56, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 80.23, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1511 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.211 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0648, 21.9091, 70.7217)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855DD #7ADD55

analogous

#7455DD #B855DD #DD55BE

triadic

#B855DD #DDB855 #55DDB8

tetradic

#B855DD #DD7455 #7ADD55 #55BEDD

square

#B855DD #DD7455 #7ADD55 #55BEDD

split-complementary

#B855DD #BEDD55 #55DD74

monochromatic

#781F99 #A029CC #B855DD #CD88E7 #E3BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B855DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B855DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855DD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855DD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.211 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ae8',
    500: '#b855dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855dd;
$custom-light: #d18ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.676,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.21118,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855DD

secondary

#BBE1AD

accent

#EA3E6D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855DD

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

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