#B856EC#B856EC

#B856EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.224 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856EC
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 63.18, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 86.72, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1496 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.224 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2325, 22.9030, 81.7473)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856EC #8AEC56

analogous

#6D56EC #B856EC #EC56D5

triadic

#B856EC #ECB856 #56ECB8

tetradic

#B856EC #EC6D56 #8AEC56 #56D5EC

square

#B856EC #EC6D56 #8AEC56 #56D5EC

split-complementary

#B856EC #D5EC56 #56EC6D

monochromatic

#7C14B3 #A11FE6 #B856EC #CF8DF2 #E6C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B856EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B856EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856EC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856EC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4886E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.224 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf3',
    500: '#b856ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ec;
$custom-light: #d18bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63924,
    "c": 0.22448,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856EC

secondary

#C7EAB4

accent

#DC0952

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856EC

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

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