#B855FF#B855FF

#B855FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.244 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B855FF
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(275, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 67.66, -68.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 96.16, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1493 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.244 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0619, 23.9079, 97.0399)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B855FF #9CFF55

analogous

#6355FF #B855FF #FF55F1

triadic

#B855FF #FFB855 #55FFB8

tetradic

#B855FF #FF6355 #9CFF55 #55F1FF

square

#B855FF #FF6355 #9CFF55 #55F1FF

split-complementary

#B855FF #F1FF55 #55FF63

monochromatic

#7F00DA #9E18FF #B855FF #D292FF #EBCFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B855FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B855FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B855FF

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B855FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B855FF	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D87FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b855ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.244 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bff',
    500: '#b855ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b855ff;
$custom-light: #d28bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b855ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.941,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65037,
    "c": 0.24445,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B855FF

secondary

#D3F3BD

accent

#E60060

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B855FF

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

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