#B855DE#B855DE

#B855DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.212 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855DE
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 60.76, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 80.70, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1511 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.212 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1984, 21.9625, 71.4255)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855DE #7BDE55

analogous

#7455DE #B855DE #DE55BF

triadic

#B855DE #DEB855 #55DEB8

tetradic

#B855DE #DE7455 #7BDE55 #55BFDE

square

#B855DE #DE7455 #7BDE55 #55BFDE

split-complementary

#B855DE #BFDE55 #55DE74

monochromatic

#781E9B #A028CE #B855DE #CD88E8 #E3BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B855DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B855DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855DE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855DE	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.212 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ae9',
    500: '#b855de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855de;
$custom-light: #d18ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.358,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.21214,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855DE

secondary

#BCE2AD

accent

#CF1649

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855DE

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

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