#B855E4#B855E4

#B855E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.218 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E4
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 61.98, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 83.49, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.151 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.218 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0169, 22.2899, 75.7362)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E4 #81E455

analogous

#7155E4 #B855E4 #E455C9

triadic

#B855E4 #E4B855 #55E4B8

tetradic

#B855E4 #E47155 #81E455 #55C9E4

square

#B855E4 #E47155 #81E455 #55C9E4

split-complementary

#B855E4 #C9E455 #55E471

monochromatic

#7A1AA4 #A123D9 #B855E4 #CE8AEC #E4BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B855E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B855E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E4	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.218 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bed',
    500: '#b855e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e4;
$custom-light: #d18bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6331,
    "c": 0.21798,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E4

secondary

#C0E5B0

accent

#D5114D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E4

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

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