#B056E3#B056E3

#B056E3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.213 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B056E3
RGB	rgb(176, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 59.48, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 82.31, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.14 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.213 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0948, 21.4325, 74.9463)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B056E3 #89E356

analogous

#6A56E3 #B056E3 #E356D0

triadic

#B056E3 #E3B056 #56E3B0

tetradic

#B056E3 #E36A56 #89E356 #56D0E3

square

#B056E3 #E36A56 #89E356 #56D0E3

split-complementary

#B056E3 #D0E356 #56E36A

monochromatic

#721BA4 #9724D8 #B056E3 #C98BEC #E1BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B056E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B056E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B056E3

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B056E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B056E3	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b056e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.213 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bec',
    500: '#b056e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b056e3;
$custom-light: #cb8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b056e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62413,
    "c": 0.21282,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B056E3

secondary

#C3E5B0

accent

#D41258

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B056E3

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

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