#B856AC#B856AC

#B856AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.164 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856AC
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 172)
HSL	hsl(307, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 50.91, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 58.15, 331.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1456 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.164 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5412, 19.8265, 41.2400)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856AC #56B862

analogous

#9356B8 #B856AC #B8567B

triadic

#B856AC #ACB856 #56ACB8

tetradic

#B856AC #B89356 #56B862 #567BB8

square

#B856AC #B89356 #56B862 #567BB8

split-complementary

#B856AC #7BB856 #56B893

monochromatic

#682C61 #933E89 #B856AC #CA81C1 #DCACD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B856AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B856AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856AC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856AC	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#5372AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.164 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ac5',
    500: '#b856ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ac;
$custom-light: #d08ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.347,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60413,
    "c": 0.16445,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856AC

secondary

#A0CAA5

accent

#D16657

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856AC

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

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