#B855EB#B855EB

#B855EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.225 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855EB
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 63.42, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 86.76, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1508 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.225 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0084, 22.6865, 80.9579)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855EB #88EB55

analogous

#6D55EB #B855EB #EB55D3

triadic

#B855EB #EBB855 #55EBB8

tetradic

#B855EB #EB6D55 #88EB55 #55D3EB

square

#B855EB #EB6D55 #88EB55 #55D3EB

split-complementary

#B855EB #D3EB55 #55EB6D

monochromatic

#7C15B1 #A11EE5 #B855EB #CF8CF1 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B855EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B855EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855EB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855EB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.225 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf2',
    500: '#b855eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855eb;
$custom-light: #d18bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.22482,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855EB

secondary

#C5E9B3

accent

#DB0A51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855EB

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

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