#B856E8#B856E8

#B856E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.221 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856E8
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 62.35, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 84.85, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1497 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.221 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6579, 22.6732, 78.7209)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856E8 #86E856

analogous

#6F56E8 #B856E8 #E856CF

triadic

#B856E8 #E8B856 #56E8B8

tetradic

#B856E8 #E86F56 #86E856 #56CFE8

square

#B856E8 #E86F56 #86E856 #56CFE8

split-complementary

#B856E8 #CFE856 #56E86F

monochromatic

#7B17AC #A120E1 #B856E8 #CF8CEF #E5C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B856E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B856E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856E8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856E8	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.221 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf0',
    500: '#b856e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856e8;
$custom-light: #d18bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856E8

secondary

#C4E8B2

accent

#D80D50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856E8

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

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