#B856B4#B856B4

#B856B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.171 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856B4
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(302, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 52.30, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 61.41, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1469 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.171 329)
XYZ	xyz(31.3328, 20.1431, 45.4088)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856B4 #56B85A

analogous

#8B56B8 #B856B4 #B85683

triadic

#B856B4 #B4B856 #56B4B8

tetradic

#B856B4 #B88B56 #56B85A #5683B8

square

#B856B4 #B88B56 #56B85A #5683B8

split-complementary

#B856B4 #83B856 #56B88B

monochromatic

#682C65 #933E90 #B856B4 #CA81C7 #DCACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B856B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B856B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856B4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856B4	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F74B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.171 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08acb',
    500: '#b856b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856b4;
$custom-light: #d08acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.449,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60795,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.20141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856B4

secondary

#A0CAA1

accent

#D15C57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856B4

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

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