#B955E8#B955E8

#B955E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.222 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955E8
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 63.02, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 85.38, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1521 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.222 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8190, 22.6386, 78.7057)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955E8 #84E855

analogous

#6F55E8 #B955E8 #E855CE

triadic

#B955E8 #E8B955 #55E8B9

tetradic

#B955E8 #E86F55 #84E855 #55CEE8

square

#B955E8 #E86F55 #84E855 #55CEE8

split-complementary

#B955E8 #CEE855 #55E86F

monochromatic

#7C17AB #A31FE1 #B955E8 #CF8BEF #E5C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B955E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B955E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955E8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955E8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.222 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf0',
    500: '#b955e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955e8;
$custom-light: #d28bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.816,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63676,
    "c": 0.22223,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955E8

secondary

#C3E7B1

accent

#D80D4E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955E8

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

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