#B856F2#B856F2

#B856F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.230 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856F2
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 242)
HSL	hsl(278, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 64.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 64.44, -62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 89.54, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1493 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.23 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1189, 23.2576, 86.4156)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856F2 #90F256

analogous

#6A56F2 #B856F2 #F256DE

triadic

#B856F2 #F2B856 #56F2B8

tetradic

#B856F2 #F26A56 #90F256 #56DEF2

square

#B856F2 #F26A56 #90F256 #56DEF2

split-complementary

#B856F2 #DEF256 #56F26A

monochromatic

#7D0FBF #A01DEE #B856F2 #D08FF6 #E8C8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B856F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B856F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856F2

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856F2	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4286EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0769D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.230 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf7',
    500: '#b856f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856f2;
$custom-light: #d18cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64303,
    "c": 0.23039,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856F2

secondary

#CBEDB7

accent

#E20356

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856F2

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

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