#B855DF#B855DF

#B855DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.213 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855DF
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 60.96, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 81.16, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1511 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.213 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3328, 22.0163, 72.1334)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855DF #7CDF55

analogous

#7355DF #B855DF #DF55C1

triadic

#B855DF #DFB855 #55DFB8

tetradic

#B855DF #DF7355 #7CDF55 #55C1DF

square

#B855DF #DF7355 #7CDF55 #55C1DF

split-complementary

#B855DF #C1DF55 #55DF73

monochromatic

#781D9C #A027D0 #B855DF #CE89E9 #E3BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B855DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B855DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855DF

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855DF	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.213 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bea',
    500: '#b855df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855df;
$custom-light: #d18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.21312,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855DF

secondary

#BCE2AE

accent

#D0154A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855DF

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

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