#B855ED#B855ED

#B855ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.227 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855ED
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 63.84, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 87.70, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1507 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.227 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2989, 22.8027, 82.4882)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855ED #8AED55

analogous

#6C55ED #B855ED #ED55D6

triadic

#B855ED #EDB855 #55EDB8

tetradic

#B855ED #ED6C55 #8AED55 #55D6ED

square

#B855ED #ED6C55 #8AED55 #55D6ED

split-complementary

#B855ED #D6ED55 #55ED6C

monochromatic

#7C13B4 #A11EE7 #B855ED #CF8CF3 #E6C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B855ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B855ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855ED

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855ED	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4685E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.227 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf4',
    500: '#b855ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ed;
$custom-light: #d18bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.079,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63868,
    "c": 0.22678,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855ED

secondary

#C7EAB4

accent

#DD0853

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855ED

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

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