#B856E9#B856E9

#B856E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.222 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856E9
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 62.55, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 85.31, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1497 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.222 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8003, 22.7301, 79.4711)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856E9 #87E956

analogous

#6F56E9 #B856E9 #E956D0

triadic

#B856E9 #E9B856 #56E9B8

tetradic

#B856E9 #E96F56 #87E956 #56D0E9

square

#B856E9 #E96F56 #87E956 #56D0E9

split-complementary

#B856E9 #D0E956 #56E96F

monochromatic

#7C17AE #A120E2 #B856E9 #CF8CF0 #E5C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B856E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B856E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856E9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856E9	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.222 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf1',
    500: '#b856e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856e9;
$custom-light: #d18bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63737,
    "c": 0.22153,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856E9

secondary

#C4E8B3

accent

#D90C51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856E9

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

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