#B855E3#B855E3

#B855E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.217 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E3
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 61.77, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 83.02, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.151 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.217 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8785, 22.2345, 75.0072)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E3 #80E355

analogous

#7155E3 #B855E3 #E355C7

triadic

#B855E3 #E3B855 #55E3B8

tetradic

#B855E3 #E37155 #80E355 #55C7E3

square

#B855E3 #E37155 #80E355 #55C7E3

split-complementary

#B855E3 #C7E355 #55E371

monochromatic

#7A1BA3 #A123D7 #B855E3 #CE8AEC #E4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B855E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B855E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E3	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.217 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bec',
    500: '#b855e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e3;
$custom-light: #d18bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.831,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.217,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E3

secondary

#BFE5AF

accent

#D4124C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E3

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

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