#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
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 62.41, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 83.98, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1522 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.219 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3966, 22.4696, 76.4807)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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
##B955E5	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B955E5

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

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