#B856E2#B856E2

#B856E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.215 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856E2
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 61.11, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 82.04, 318.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1499 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.215 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8201, 22.3381, 74.3089)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856E2 #80E256

analogous

#7256E2 #B856E2 #E256C6

triadic

#B856E2 #E2B856 #56E2B8

tetradic

#B856E2 #E27256 #80E256 #56C6E2

square

#B856E2 #E27256 #80E256 #56C6E2

split-complementary

#B856E2 #C6E256 #56E272

monochromatic

#7A1CA2 #A125D6 #B856E2 #CE8AEB #E4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B856E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B856E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856E2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856E2	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.215 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bec',
    500: '#b856e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856e2;
$custom-light: #d18bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63309,
    "c": 0.21467,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856E2

secondary

#BFE4B0

accent

#D3134C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856E2

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

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