#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
RGBrgb(184, 85, 239)
HSLhsl(279, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(279, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(54.99, 64.26, -61.06)
CIE-LCHlch(54.99, 88.64, 316.46°)
OKLaboklab(63.99% 0.1506 -0.1722)
OKLCHoklch(63.99% 0.229 311.2)
XYZxyz(38.5927, 22.9202, 84.0357)
Luminance0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B855EF1.003.765.585.58
#FFFFFF3.761.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5821.001.001.00
##0000005.5821.001.001.00

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

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#B855EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva