#B856CE#B856CE

#B856CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.195 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856CE
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 57.13, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 72.81, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1495 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.195 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2342, 21.3037, 60.6893)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856CE #6CCE56

analogous

#7C56CE #B856CE #CE56A8

triadic

#B856CE #CEB856 #56CEB8

tetradic

#B856CE #CE7C56 #6CCE56 #56A8CE

square

#B856CE #CE7C56 #6CCE56 #56A8CE

split-complementary

#B856CE #A8CE56 #56CE7C

monochromatic

#722683 #9C34B3 #B856CE #CC85DC #E0B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B856CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B856CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856CE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856CE	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.195 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bdd',
    500: '#b856ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ce;
$custom-light: #d08bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.19531,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856CE

secondary

#B1D8A8

accent

#DE4965

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856CE

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

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