#B856BD#B856BD

#B856BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.179 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856BD
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 53.92, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 65.25, 325.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.148 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.179 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2796, 20.5218, 50.3951)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856BD #5BBD56

analogous

#8556BD #B856BD #BD568F

triadic

#B856BD #BDB856 #56BDB8

tetradic

#B856BD #BD8556 #5BBD56 #568FBD

square

#B856BD #BD8556 #5BBD56 #568FBD

split-complementary

#B856BD #8FBD56 #56BD85

monochromatic

#6A2B6E #953C9A #B856BD #CA82CE #DDAEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B856BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B856BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856BD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856BD	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.179 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ad1',
    500: '#b856bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856bd;
$custom-light: #d08ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.087,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61244,
    "c": 0.17941,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856BD

secondary

#A4CDA1

accent

#D4545A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856BD

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

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