#B855EC#B855EC

#B855EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.226 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855EC
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 64%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 63.63, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 87.23, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1507 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.226 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1532, 22.7444, 81.7209)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855EC #89EC55

analogous

#6D55EC #B855EC #EC55D4

triadic

#B855EC #ECB855 #55ECB8

tetradic

#B855EC #EC6D55 #89EC55 #55D4EC

square

#B855EC #EC6D55 #89EC55 #55D4EC

split-complementary

#B855EC #D4EC55 #55EC6D

monochromatic

#7C14B3 #A11EE6 #B855EC #CF8CF2 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B855EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B855EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855EC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855EC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4785E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.226 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf3',
    500: '#b855ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ec;
$custom-light: #d18bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.338,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.2258,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855EC

secondary

#C6EAB3

accent

#DC0952

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855EC

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

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