#B156BA#B156BA

#B156BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.173 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156BA
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 51.45, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 63.26, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1396 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.173 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3214, 19.5494, 48.6211)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156BA #5FBA56

analogous

#7F56BA #B156BA #BA5691

triadic

#B156BA #BAB156 #56BAB1

tetradic

#B156BA #BA7F56 #5FBA56 #5691BA

square

#B156BA #BA7F56 #5FBA56 #5691BA

split-complementary

#B156BA #91BA56 #56BA7F

monochromatic

#652B6A #8E3D96 #B156BA #C581CC #D9ADDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B156BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B156BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156BA

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156BA	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4873BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.173 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8acf',
    500: '#b156ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ba;
$custom-light: #cb8acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60192,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156BA

secondary

#A4CBA0

accent

#D25661

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156BA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →