#B856D2#B856D2

#B856D2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.199 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856D2
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 57.91, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 74.64, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1497 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.199 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7263, 21.5005, 63.2811)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856D2 #70D256

analogous

#7A56D2 #B856D2 #D256AE

triadic

#B856D2 #D2B856 #56D2B8

tetradic

#B856D2 #D27A56 #70D256 #56AED2

square

#B856D2 #D27A56 #70D256 #56AED2

split-complementary

#B856D2 #AED256 #56D27A

monochromatic

#742589 #9D31B9 #B856D2 #CC86DF #E1B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B856D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B856D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856D2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856D2	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3879D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.199 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08be0',
    500: '#b856d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856d2;
$custom-light: #d08be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.419,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62375,
    "c": 0.19913,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856D2

secondary

#B4DBA9

accent

#E14767

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856D2

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

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