#B856C8#B856C8

#B856C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.190 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856C8
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(292, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 55.98, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 70.10, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.1491 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.19 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5192, 21.0177, 56.9236)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856C8 #66C856

analogous

#7F56C8 #B856C8 #C8569F

triadic

#B856C8 #C8B856 #56C8B8

tetradic

#B856C8 #C87F56 #66C856 #569FC8

square

#B856C8 #C87F56 #66C856 #569FC8

split-complementary

#B856C8 #9FC856 #56C87F

monochromatic

#70287B #9A37AA #B856C8 #CB84D7 #DFB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B856C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B856C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856C8

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856C8	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.190 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bd9',
    500: '#b856c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856c8;
$custom-light: #d08bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61823,
    "c": 0.18962,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856C8

secondary

#ACD4A5

accent

#DA4D61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856C8

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

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