#B856DC#B856DC

#B856DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.209 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856DC
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 59.89, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 79.25, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1499 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.209 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0112, 22.0145, 70.0485)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B856DC #7ADC56

analogous

#7556DC #B856DC #DC56BD

triadic

#B856DC #DCB856 #56DCB8

tetradic

#B856DC #DC7556 #7ADC56 #56BDDC

square

#B856DC #DC7556 #7ADC56 #56BDDC

split-complementary

#B856DC #BDDC56 #56DC75

monochromatic

#782098 #A02ACB #B856DC #CD89E6 #E3BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B856DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B856DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856DC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856DC	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.209 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be7',
    500: '#b856dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856dc;
$custom-light: #d18be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.20881,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856DC

secondary

#BBE1AD

accent

#E93F6D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856DC

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

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