#B856D0#B856D0

#B856D0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.197 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856D0
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 208)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 58.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 57.52, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 73.72, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1496 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.197 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4787, 21.4015, 61.9770)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856D0 #6ED056

analogous

#7B56D0 #B856D0 #D056AB

triadic

#B856D0 #D0B856 #56D0B8

tetradic

#B856D0 #D07B56 #6ED056 #56ABD0

square

#B856D0 #D07B56 #6ED056 #56ABD0

split-complementary

#B856D0 #ABD056 #56D07B

monochromatic

#732586 #9C33B6 #B856D0 #CC86DD #E0B6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B856D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B856D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856D0

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856D0	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A79D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.197 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bdf',
    500: '#b856d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856d0;
$custom-light: #d08bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.19722,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856D0

secondary

#B2D9A8

accent

#E04866

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856D0

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

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