#B856CB#B856CB

#B856CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.192 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856CB
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 56.55, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 71.45, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1493 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.192 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8732, 21.1593, 58.7882)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856CB #69CB56

analogous

#7E56CB #B856CB #CB56A4

triadic

#B856CB #CBB856 #56CBB8

tetradic

#B856CB #CB7E56 #69CB56 #56A4CB

square

#B856CB #CB7E56 #69CB56 #56A4CB

split-complementary

#B856CB #A4CB56 #56CB7E

monochromatic

#71277F #9B36AE #B856CB #CC85D9 #DFB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B856CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B856CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856CB

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856CB	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.192 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bdb',
    500: '#b856cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856cb;
$custom-light: #d08bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.256,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.19245,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856CB

secondary

#AED6A6

accent

#DC4B63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856CB

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

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