#B856DF#B856DF

#B856DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.212 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856DF
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 60.50, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 80.64, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1499 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.212 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4121, 22.1748, 72.1598)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856DF #7DDF56

analogous

#7356DF #B856DF #DF56C1

triadic

#B856DF #DFB856 #56DFB8

tetradic

#B856DF #DF7356 #7DDF56 #56C1DF

square

#B856DF #DF7356 #7DDF56 #56C1DF

split-complementary

#B856DF #C1DF56 #56DF73

monochromatic

#791E9D #A027D0 #B856DF #CE89E9 #E3BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B856DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B856DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856DF

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856DF	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.212 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bea',
    500: '#b856df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856df;
$custom-light: #d18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.92,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.21173,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856DF

secondary

#BDE2AE

accent

#D0154B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856DF

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

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