#B955DC#B955DC

#B955DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.211 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955DC
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 60.59, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 79.81, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1523 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.211 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1724, 21.9799, 70.0334)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955DC #78DC55

analogous

#7555DC #B955DC #DC55BC

triadic

#B955DC #DCB955 #55DCB9

tetradic

#B955DC #DC7555 #78DC55 #55BCDC

square

#B955DC #DC7555 #78DC55 #55BCDC

split-complementary

#B955DC #BCDC55 #55DC75

monochromatic

#781F97 #A12ACA #B955DC #CE88E6 #E3BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B955DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B955DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955DC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955DC	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.211 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be7',
    500: '#b955dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955dc;
$custom-light: #d18be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.21061,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955DC

secondary

#BAE0AC

accent

#E93F6B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955DC

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

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