#B955FF#B955FF

#B955FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.245 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B955FF
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(275, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 67.86, -68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 96.16, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.1505 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.245 308)
XYZ	xyz(41.3024, 24.0319, 97.0512)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B955FF #9BFF55

analogous

#6455FF #B955FF #FF55F0

triadic

#B955FF #FFB955 #55FFB9

tetradic

#B955FF #FF6455 #9BFF55 #55F0FF

square

#B955FF #FF6455 #9BFF55 #55F0FF

split-complementary

#B955FF #F0FF55 #55FF64

monochromatic

#8000DA #A018FF #B955FF #D292FF #EBCFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B955FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B955FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B955FF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B955FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B955FF	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F88FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b955ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.245 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bff',
    500: '#b955ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b955ff;
$custom-light: #d38bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b955ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65152,
    "c": 0.24472,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.24031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B955FF

secondary

#D3F3BD

accent

#E6005F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B955FF

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

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