#B856F7#B856F7

#B856F7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.235 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B856F7
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 247)
HSL	hsl(277, 91%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 65.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 65.50, -64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 91.90, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.1489 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.235 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8801, 23.5620, 90.4247)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B856F7 #95F756

analogous

#6856F7 #B856F7 #F756E5

triadic

#B856F7 #F7B856 #56F7B8

tetradic

#B856F7 #F76856 #95F756 #56E5F7

square

#B856F7 #F76856 #95F756 #56E5F7

split-complementary

#B856F7 #E5F756 #56F768

monochromatic

#7E0AC9 #9F1CF4 #B856F7 #D190FA #E9CBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B856F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B856F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B856F7

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B856F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B856F7	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B87F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF78A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b856f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.235 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cfb',
    500: '#b856f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b856f7;
$custom-light: #d28cfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b856f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 90.96,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.23532,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B856F7

secondary

#CFF0B9

accent

#E6005A

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B856F7

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

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