#B856CA#B856CA

#B856CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.192 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856CA
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(291, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 56.36, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 71.00, 322.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1492 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.192 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7544, 21.1118, 58.1627)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856CA #68CA56

analogous

#7E56CA #B856CA #CA56A2

triadic

#B856CA #CAB856 #56CAB8

tetradic

#B856CA #CA7E56 #68CA56 #56A2CA

square

#B856CA #CA7E56 #68CA56 #56A2CA

split-complementary

#B856CA #A2CA56 #56CA7E

monochromatic

#71287E #9A36AD #B856CA #CC85D9 #DFB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B856CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B856CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856CA

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856CA	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F78CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.192 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bda',
    500: '#b856ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ca;
$custom-light: #d08bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.69,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61931,
    "c": 0.19151,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856CA

secondary

#ADD6A6

accent

#DC4C62

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856CA

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

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