#B855E1#B855E1

#B855E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.215 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E1
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 61.37, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 82.09, 318.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1511 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.215 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6041, 22.1248, 73.5619)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E1 #7EE155

analogous

#7255E1 #B855E1 #E155C4

triadic

#B855E1 #E1B855 #55E1B8

tetradic

#B855E1 #E17255 #7EE155 #55C4E1

square

#B855E1 #E17255 #7EE155 #55C4E1

split-complementary

#B855E1 #C4E155 #55E172

monochromatic

#791C9F #A025D3 #B855E1 #CE89EA #E3BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B855E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B855E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E1

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E1	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.215 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18beb',
    500: '#b855e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e1;
$custom-light: #d18beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.21506,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E1

secondary

#BEE3AE

accent

#D2144B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E1

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

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