#B856E4#B856E4

#B856E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.217 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856E4
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 61.52, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 82.97, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1498 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.217 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0962, 22.4485, 75.7626)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856E4 #82E456

analogous

#7156E4 #B856E4 #E456C9

triadic

#B856E4 #E4B856 #56E4B8

tetradic

#B856E4 #E47156 #82E456 #56C9E4

square

#B856E4 #E47156 #82E456 #56C9E4

split-complementary

#B856E4 #C9E456 #56E471

monochromatic

#7A1AA5 #A123DA #B856E4 #CE8BEC #E4C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B856E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B856E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856E4

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856E4	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.217 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bed',
    500: '#b856e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856e4;
$custom-light: #d18bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6343,
    "c": 0.21662,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856E4

secondary

#C1E5B0

accent

#D5114E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856E4

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

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