#B955DF#B955DF

#B955DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.213 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955DF
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 61.19, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 81.19, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1523 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.214 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5733, 22.1403, 72.1447)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955DF #7BDF55

analogous

#7455DF #B955DF #DF55C0

triadic

#B955DF #DFB955 #55DFB9

tetradic

#B955DF #DF7455 #7BDF55 #55C0DF

square

#B955DF #DF7455 #7BDF55 #55C0DF

split-complementary

#B955DF #C0DF55 #55DF74

monochromatic

#791D9C #A127D0 #B955DF #CE89E9 #E3BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B955DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B955DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955DF

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955DF	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.213 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bea',
    500: '#b955df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955df;
$custom-light: #d18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.478,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.2135,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955DF

secondary

#BCE2AE

accent

#D01549

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955DF

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

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