#B955F3#B955F3

#B955F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.233 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955F3
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 243)
HSL	hsl(278, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 65%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 65.31, -62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 90.53, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.1515 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.233 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4307, 23.2832, 87.1936)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955F3 #8FF355

analogous

#6A55F3 #B955F3 #F355DE

triadic

#B955F3 #F3B955 #55F3B9

tetradic

#B955F3 #F36A55 #8FF355 #55DEF3

square

#B955F3 #F36A55 #8FF355 #55DEF3

split-complementary

#B955F3 #DEF355 #55F36A

monochromatic

#7F0EC0 #A11CEF #B955F3 #D18EF7 #E8C7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B955F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B955F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955F3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955F3	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4186EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1759D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.233 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf8',
    500: '#b955f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955f3;
$custom-light: #d28bf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64368,
    "c": 0.23297,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955F3

secondary

#CBEDB6

accent

#E30255

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955F3

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

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