#B856BB#B856BB

#B856BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.178 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856BB
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(298, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 53.56, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 64.38, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1478 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.178 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0640, 20.4356, 49.2596)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856BB #59BB56

analogous

#8556BB #B856BB #BB568B

triadic

#B856BB #BBB856 #56BBB8

tetradic

#B856BB #BB8556 #59BB56 #568BBB

square

#B856BB #BB8556 #59BB56 #568BBB

split-complementary

#B856BB #8BBB56 #56BB85

monochromatic

#692B6B #943D97 #B856BB #CA82CD #DDADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B856BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B856BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856BB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856BB	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.178 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ad0',
    500: '#b856bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856bb;
$custom-light: #d08ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.218,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61142,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856BB

secondary

#A2CCA1

accent

#D25559

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856BB

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

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