#B955EB#B955EB

#B955EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.225 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955EB
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 63.64, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 86.78, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.152 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.225 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2488, 22.8105, 80.9691)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955EB #87EB55

analogous

#6E55EB #B955EB #EB55D2

triadic

#B955EB #EBB955 #55EBB9

tetradic

#B955EB #EB6E55 #87EB55 #55D2EB

square

#B955EB #EB6E55 #87EB55 #55D2EB

split-complementary

#B955EB #D2EB55 #55EB6E

monochromatic

#7D15B1 #A21EE5 #B955EB #D08CF1 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B955EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B955EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955EB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955EB	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.225 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf2',
    500: '#b955eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955eb;
$custom-light: #d28bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.22516,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955EB

secondary

#C5E9B3

accent

#DB0A50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955EB

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

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