#B955CD#B955CD

#B955CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.196 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955CD
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 57.65, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 72.96, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1519 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.196 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2742, 21.2206, 60.0364)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955CD #69CD55

analogous

#7D55CD #B955CD #CD55A5

triadic

#B955CD #CDB955 #55CDB9

tetradic

#B955CD #CD7D55 #69CD55 #55A5CD

square

#B955CD #CD7D55 #69CD55 #55A5CD

split-complementary

#B955CD #A5CD55 #55CD7D

monochromatic

#722682 #9C34B1 #B955CD #CC84DB #E0B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B955CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B955CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955CD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955CD	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.196 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18add',
    500: '#b955cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955cd;
$custom-light: #d18add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62096,
    "c": 0.1963,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955CD

secondary

#AFD7A6

accent

#DE4A63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955CD

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

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