#B955ED#B955ED

#B955ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.227 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955ED
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 64.06, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 87.72, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1519 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.227 312)
XYZ	xyz(38.5394, 22.9267, 82.4995)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955ED #89ED55

analogous

#6D55ED #B955ED #ED55D5

triadic

#B955ED #EDB955 #55EDB9

tetradic

#B955ED #ED6D55 #89ED55 #55D5ED

square

#B955ED #ED6D55 #89ED55 #55D5ED

split-complementary

#B955ED #D5ED55 #55ED6D

monochromatic

#7D13B4 #A21EE7 #B955ED #D08CF3 #E7C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B955ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B955ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955ED

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955ED	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.227 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf4',
    500: '#b955ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955ed;
$custom-light: #d28bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.22711,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.22926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955ED

secondary

#C6EAB4

accent

#DD0851

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955ED

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

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