#B856DD#B856DD

#B856DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.210 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856DD
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 60.10, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 79.71, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1499 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.21 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1441, 22.0676, 70.7481)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856DD #7BDD56

analogous

#7556DD #B856DD #DD56BE

triadic

#B856DD #DDB856 #56DDB8

tetradic

#B856DD #DD7556 #7BDD56 #56BEDD

square

#B856DD #DD7556 #7BDD56 #56BEDD

split-complementary

#B856DD #BEDD56 #56DD75

monochromatic

#781F9A #A029CD #B856DD #CD89E7 #E3BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B856DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B856DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856DD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856DD	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.210 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be8',
    500: '#b856dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856dd;
$custom-light: #d18be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.20978,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856DD

secondary

#BCE1AE

accent

#CE1749

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856DD

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

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