#B856E5#B856E5

#B856E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.218 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856E5
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 61.73, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 83.44, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1498 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.218 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2354, 22.5042, 76.4958)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856E5 #83E556

analogous

#7156E5 #B856E5 #E556CA

triadic

#B856E5 #E5B856 #56E5B8

tetradic

#B856E5 #E57156 #83E556 #56CAE5

square

#B856E5 #E57156 #83E556 #56CAE5

split-complementary

#B856E5 #CAE556 #56E571

monochromatic

#7A1AA7 #A122DC #B856E5 #CE8BED #E5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B856E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B856E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856E5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856E5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.218 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bee',
    500: '#b856e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856e5;
$custom-light: #d18bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.119,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.2176,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856E5

secondary

#C2E6B1

accent

#D5104E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856E5

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

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