#B856EE#B856EE

#B856EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.226 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856EE
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 63.60, -60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 87.66, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1495 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.226 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5247, 23.0199, 83.2862)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856EE #8CEE56

analogous

#6C56EE #B856EE #EE56D8

triadic

#B856EE #EEB856 #56EEB8

tetradic

#B856EE #EE6C56 #8CEE56 #56D8EE

square

#B856EE #EE6C56 #8CEE56 #56D8EE

split-complementary

#B856EE #D8EE56 #56EE6C

monochromatic

#7D12B7 #A11EE8 #B856EE #CF8EF4 #E7C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B856EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B856EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856EE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856EE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.226 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bf4',
    500: '#b856ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ee;
$custom-light: #d18bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64049,
    "c": 0.22645,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856EE

secondary

#C8EBB5

accent

#DE0754

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856EE

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

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