#B855E2#B855E2

#B855E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.216 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E2
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 61.57, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 82.56, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.151 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.216 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7409, 22.1795, 74.2824)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E2 #7FE255

analogous

#7155E2 #B855E2 #E255C5

triadic

#B855E2 #E2B855 #55E2B8

tetradic

#B855E2 #E27155 #7FE255 #55C5E2

square

#B855E2 #E27155 #7FE255 #55C5E2

split-complementary

#B855E2 #C5E255 #55E271

monochromatic

#791BA1 #A124D5 #B855E2 #CE89EB #E4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B855E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B855E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E2

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E2	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.216 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bec',
    500: '#b855e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e2;
$custom-light: #d18bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.21603,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E2

secondary

#BFE4AF

accent

#D3134C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E2

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

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