#B855E8#B855E8

#B855E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.222 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855E8
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 62.80, -57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 85.36, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1509 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.222 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5786, 22.5146, 78.6945)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855E8 #85E855

analogous

#6F55E8 #B855E8 #E855CF

triadic

#B855E8 #E8B855 #55E8B8

tetradic

#B855E8 #E86F55 #85E855 #55CFE8

square

#B855E8 #E86F55 #85E855 #55CFE8

split-complementary

#B855E8 #CFE855 #55E86F

monochromatic

#7B17AB #A11FE1 #B855E8 #CF8BEF #E5C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B855E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B855E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855E8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855E8	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.222 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf0',
    500: '#b855e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855e8;
$custom-light: #d18bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63556,
    "c": 0.22188,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855E8

secondary

#C3E7B1

accent

#D80D4F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855E8

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

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