#B156B2#B156B2

#B156B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.165 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156B2
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(299, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 51.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 49.97, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 59.74, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1385 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.165 327)
XYZ	xyz(29.4946, 19.2187, 44.2669)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156B2 #57B256

analogous

#8356B2 #B156B2 #B25685

triadic

#B156B2 #B2B156 #56B2B1

tetradic

#B156B2 #B28356 #57B256 #5685B2

square

#B156B2 #B28356 #57B256 #5685B2

split-complementary

#B156B2 #85B256 #56B283

monochromatic

#612C61 #8A3F8B #B156B2 #C480C5 #D8AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B156B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B156B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156B2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156B2	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.165 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ac9',
    500: '#b156b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156b2;
$custom-light: #ca8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.348,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59786,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.19217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156B2

secondary

#9EC69E

accent

#CD5A5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156B2

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

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