#B856ED#B856ED

#B856ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.225 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856ED
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 63.39, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 87.19, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1495 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.225 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3782, 22.9613, 82.5146)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856ED #8BED56

analogous

#6C56ED #B856ED #ED56D7

triadic

#B856ED #EDB856 #56EDB8

tetradic

#B856ED #ED6C56 #8BED56 #56D7ED

square

#B856ED #ED6C56 #8BED56 #56D7ED

split-complementary

#B856ED #D7ED56 #56ED6C

monochromatic

#7C13B5 #A11FE7 #B856ED #CF8DF3 #E6C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B856ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B856ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856ED

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856ED	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.225 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf4',
    500: '#b856ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ed;
$custom-light: #d18bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.94,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.22547,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856ED

secondary

#C7EAB4

accent

#DD0853

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856ED

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

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