#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
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 215)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 58.89, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 76.93, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1498 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.204 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3589, 21.7536, 66.6131)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B856D7	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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