#B856B2#B856B2

#B856B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.170 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856B2
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 51.95, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 60.58, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1466 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.17 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1305, 20.0622, 44.3436)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856B2 #56B85C

analogous

#8D56B8 #B856B2 #B85681

triadic

#B856B2 #B2B856 #56B2B8

tetradic

#B856B2 #B88D56 #56B85C #5681B8

square

#B856B2 #B88D56 #56B85C #5681B8

split-complementary

#B856B2 #81B856 #56B88D

monochromatic

#682C64 #933E8E #B856B2 #CA81C6 #DCACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B856B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B856B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856B2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856B2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5073B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.170 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ac9',
    500: '#b856b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856b2;
$custom-light: #d08ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.673,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856B2

secondary

#A0CAA2

accent

#D15F57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856B2

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

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