#B955E5#B955E5

#B955E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.219 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B955E5
RGBrgb(185, 85, 229)
HSLhsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(19.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.52, 62.41, -56.20)
CIE-LCHlch(54.52, 83.98, 318.00°)
OKLaboklab(63.49% 0.1522 -0.1579)
OKLCHoklch(63.49% 0.219 313.9)
XYZxyz(37.3966, 22.4696, 76.4807)
Luminance0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B955E5 #81E555
analogous
#7155E5 #B955E5 #E555C9
triadic
#B955E5 #E5B955 #55E5B9
tetradic
#B955E5 #E57155 #81E555 #55C9E5
square
#B955E5 #E57155 #81E555 #55C9E5
split-complementary
#B955E5 #C9E555 #55E571
monochromatic
#7B19A6 #A322DB #B955E5 #CF8AED #E5BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82
#B955E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49
#B955E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955E5
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B955E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B955E51.003.825.495.49
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4921.001.001.00
##0000005.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#187DE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F85E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B57096
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b955e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.219 313.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bee',
    500: '#b955e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b955e5;
$custom-light: #d28bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b955e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63492,
    "c": 0.21932,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B955E5
secondary
#C0E6B0
accent
#D6104C
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FAF0FD
border
#D3CBD5
text
#140C16
muted
#837D84

Preview Lab

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#B955E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva