#B856AB#B856AB

#B856AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.164 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856AB
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 50.74, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 57.75, 331.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1454 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.164 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4456, 19.7882, 40.7361)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856AB #56B863

analogous

#9456B8 #B856AB #B8567A

triadic

#B856AB #ABB856 #56ABB8

tetradic

#B856AB #B89456 #56B863 #567AB8

square

#B856AB #B89456 #56B863 #567AB8

split-complementary

#B856AB #7AB856 #56B894

monochromatic

#682C60 #933E88 #B856AB #CA81C0 #DCACD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B856AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B856AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856AB

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856AB	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5372AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.164 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ac4',
    500: '#b856ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ab;
$custom-light: #d08ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.959,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60367,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856AB

secondary

#A0CAA5

accent

#D16757

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856AB

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

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