#B856AA#B856AA

#B856AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.163 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856AA
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 50.57, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 57.35, 331.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1452 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.163 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3506, 19.7502, 40.2360)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B856AA #56B864

analogous

#9556B8 #B856AA #B85679

triadic

#B856AA #AAB856 #56AAB8

tetradic

#B856AA #B89556 #56B864 #5679B8

square

#B856AA #B89556 #56B864 #5679B8

split-complementary

#B856AA #79B856 #56B895

monochromatic

#682C5F #933E87 #B856AA #CA81C0 #DCACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B856AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B856AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856AA

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856AA	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5472AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.163 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ac3',
    500: '#b856aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856aa;
$custom-light: #d08ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60321,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856AA

secondary

#A0CAA6

accent

#D16857

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856AA

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

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