#B955EE#B955EE

#B955EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.228 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955EE
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 64.26, -60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 88.18, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1518 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.228 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6859, 22.9853, 83.2710)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955EE #8AEE55

analogous

#6C55EE #B955EE #EE55D6

triadic

#B955EE #EEB955 #55EEB9

tetradic

#B955EE #EE6C55 #8AEE55 #55D6EE

square

#B955EE #EE6C55 #8AEE55 #55D6EE

split-complementary

#B955EE #D6EE55 #55EE6C

monochromatic

#7E12B6 #A21DE8 #B955EE #D08DF4 #E7C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B955EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B955EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955EE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955EE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.228 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf4',
    500: '#b955ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955ee;
$custom-light: #d28bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.216,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.22809,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955EE

secondary

#C7EBB4

accent

#DE0752

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955EE

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

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