#B855EF#B855EF

#B855EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.229 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855EF
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 64.26, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 88.64, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1506 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.229 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5927, 22.9202, 84.0357)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855EF #8CEF55

analogous

#6B55EF #B855EF #EF55D9

triadic

#B855EF #EFB855 #55EFB8

tetradic

#B855EF #EF6B55 #8CEF55 #55D9EF

square

#B855EF #EF6B55 #8CEF55 #55D9EF

split-complementary

#B855EF #D9EF55 #55EF6B

monochromatic

#7D11B8 #A11DEA #B855EF #CF8DF4 #E7C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B855EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B855EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855EF

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855EF	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4485EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.229 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf5',
    500: '#b855ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ef;
$custom-light: #d18bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.22875,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855EF

secondary

#C8EBB5

accent

#DF0654

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855EF

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

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