#B856EF#B856EF

#B856EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.227 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856EF
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(278, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 63.81, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 88.13, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1495 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.227 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6720, 23.0788, 84.0621)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856EF #8DEF56

analogous

#6B56EF #B856EF #EF56DA

triadic

#B856EF #EFB856 #56EFB8

tetradic

#B856EF #EF6B56 #8DEF56 #56DAEF

square

#B856EF #EF6B56 #8DEF56 #56DAEF

split-complementary

#B856EF #DAEF56 #56EF6B

monochromatic

#7D12B9 #A11EEA #B856EF #CF8EF4 #E7C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B856EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B856EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856EF

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856EF	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.227 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf5',
    500: '#b856ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856ef;
$custom-light: #d18cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.431,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64112,
    "c": 0.22744,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856EF

secondary

#C9EBB5

accent

#DF0654

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856EF

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

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