#B856F1#B856F1

#B856F1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.229 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856F1
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 241)
HSL	hsl(278, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 64.23, -61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 89.07, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1493 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.229 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9691, 23.1976, 85.6268)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856F1 #8FF156

analogous

#6B56F1 #B856F1 #F156DD

triadic

#B856F1 #F1B856 #56F1B8

tetradic

#B856F1 #F16B56 #8FF156 #56DDF1

square

#B856F1 #F16B56 #8FF156 #56DDF1

split-complementary

#B856F1 #DDF156 #56F16B

monochromatic

#7D10BD #A01DEC #B856F1 #D08FF6 #E7C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B856F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B856F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856F1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856F1	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4386ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.229 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf6',
    500: '#b856f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856f1;
$custom-light: #d18cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.935,
    "s": 84.699,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.2294,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856F1

secondary

#CAECB6

accent

#E10456

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856F1

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

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