#B856CD#B856CD

#B856CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.194 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856CD
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 56.93, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 72.36, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1494 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.194 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1131, 21.2552, 60.0515)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856CD #6BCD56

analogous

#7D56CD #B856CD #CD56A6

triadic

#B856CD #CDB856 #56CDB8

tetradic

#B856CD #CD7D56 #6BCD56 #56A6CD

square

#B856CD #CD7D56 #6BCD56 #56A6CD

split-complementary

#B856CD #A6CD56 #56CD7D

monochromatic

#722682 #9B34B1 #B856CD #CC85DB #E0B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B856CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B856CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856CD

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856CD	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.194 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bdd',
    500: '#b856cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856cd;
$custom-light: #d08bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62096,
    "c": 0.19435,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856CD

secondary

#B0D8A7

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856CD

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

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