#B856D7#B856D7

#B856D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.204 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B856D7
RGBrgb(184, 86, 215)
HSLhsl(286, 62%, 59%)
HSVhsv(286, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(14.4%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.76, 58.89, -49.50)
CIE-LCHlch(53.76, 76.93, 319.95°)
OKLaboklab(62.66% 0.1498 -0.1384)
OKLCHoklch(62.66% 0.204 317.3)
XYZxyz(35.3589, 21.7536, 66.6131)
Luminance0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B856D7 #75D756
analogous
#7856D7 #B856D7 #D756B6
triadic
#B856D7 #D7B856 #56D7B8
tetradic
#B856D7 #D77856 #75D756 #56B6D7
square
#B856D7 #D77856 #75D756 #56B6D7
split-complementary
#B856D7 #B6D756 #56D778
monochromatic
#762290 #9E2EC2 #B856D7 #CD87E3 #E2B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92
#B856D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35
#B856D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856D7
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B856D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B856D71.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#327ADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A84D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B76C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b856d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.204 317.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08be4',
    500: '#b856d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b856d7;
$custom-light: #d08be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b856d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.581,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6266,
    "c": 0.20395,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B856D7
secondary
#B7DEAB
accent
#E5436A
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FAF0FC
border
#D3CBD5
text
#140C15
muted
#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856D7

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#B856D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva