#B855E6#B855E6

#B855E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.220 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E6
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 62.39, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 84.42, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.151 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.22 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2961, 22.4016, 77.2068)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E6 #83E655

analogous

#7055E6 #B855E6 #E655CB

triadic

#B855E6 #E6B855 #55E6B8

tetradic

#B855E6 #E67055 #83E655 #55CBE6

square

#B855E6 #E67055 #83E655 #55CBE6

split-complementary

#B855E6 #CBE655 #55E670

monochromatic

#7A19A8 #A121DD #B855E6 #CE8AEE #E5C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B855E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B855E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E6	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.220 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bef',
    500: '#b855e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e6;
$custom-light: #d18bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.966,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.21993,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E6

secondary

#C2E6B1

accent

#D60F4E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E6

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

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