#B955E4#B955E4

#B955E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.218 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955E4
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 62.21, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 83.52, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1522 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.218 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2573, 22.4139, 75.7474)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955E4 #80E455

analogous

#7255E4 #B955E4 #E455C8

triadic

#B955E4 #E4B955 #55E4B9

tetradic

#B955E4 #E47255 #80E455 #55C8E4

square

#B955E4 #E47255 #80E455 #55C8E4

split-complementary

#B955E4 #C8E455 #55E472

monochromatic

#7B1AA4 #A223D9 #B955E4 #CF8AEC #E4BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B955E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B955E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955E4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955E4	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.218 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bed',
    500: '#b955e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955e4;
$custom-light: #d28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.958,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.21835,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955E4

secondary

#C0E5B0

accent

#D5114C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955E4

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

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