#B856DB#B856DB

#B856DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.208 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856DB
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 59.69, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 78.78, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1499 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.208 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8792, 21.9617, 69.3531)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856DB #79DB56

analogous

#7656DB #B856DB #DB56BB

triadic

#B856DB #DBB856 #56DBB8

tetradic

#B856DB #DB7656 #79DB56 #56BBDB

square

#B856DB #DB7656 #79DB56 #56BBDB

split-complementary

#B856DB #BBDB56 #56DB76

monochromatic

#772097 #9F2BC9 #B856DB #CD88E6 #E2BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B856DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B856DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856DB

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856DB	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.208 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08be7',
    500: '#b856db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856db;
$custom-light: #d08be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.20783,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856DB

secondary

#BAE0AD

accent

#E8406C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856DB

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

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