#B955F6#B955F6

#B955F6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.236 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955F6
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 246)
HSL	hsl(277, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 65.94, -64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 91.93, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.1513 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.236 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8874, 23.4659, 89.5990)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955F6 #92F655

analogous

#6955F6 #B955F6 #F655E3

triadic

#B955F6 #F6B955 #55F6B9

tetradic

#B955F6 #F66955 #92F655 #55E3F6

square

#B955F6 #F66955 #92F655 #55E3F6

split-complementary

#B955F6 #E3F655 #55F669

monochromatic

#7F0AC6 #A11BF3 #B955F6 #D18FF9 #E9C9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B955F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B955F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955F6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955F6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D87F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1769F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.236 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bfa',
    500: '#b955f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955f6;
$custom-light: #d28bfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.267,
    "s": 89.944,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64561,
    "c": 0.2359,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955F6

secondary

#CDEFB8

accent

#E60057

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955F6

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

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