#B856EB#B856EB

#B856EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.223 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856EB
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 62.97, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 86.25, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1496 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.223 312)
XYZ	xyz(38.0876, 22.8451, 80.9843)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856EB #89EB56

analogous

#6D56EB #B856EB #EB56D4

triadic

#B856EB #EBB856 #56EBB8

tetradic

#B856EB #EB6D56 #89EB56 #56D4EB

square

#B856EB #EB6D56 #89EB56 #56D4EB

split-complementary

#B856EB #D4EB56 #56EB6D

monochromatic

#7C15B2 #A11FE5 #B856EB #CF8DF1 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B856EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B856EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856EB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856EB	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.223 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf2',
    500: '#b856eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856eb;
$custom-light: #d18bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.463,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.22349,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.22844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856EB

secondary

#C6E9B4

accent

#DB0A52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856EB

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

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