#B156BB#B156BB

#B156BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.174 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156BB
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 51.64, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 63.70, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1397 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.174 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4280, 19.5921, 49.1830)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156BB #60BB56

analogous

#7E56BB #B156BB #BB5692

triadic

#B156BB #BBB156 #56BBB1

tetradic

#B156BB #BB7E56 #60BB56 #5692BB

square

#B156BB #BB7E56 #60BB56 #5692BB

split-complementary

#B156BB #92BB56 #56BB7E

monochromatic

#652B6B #8E3D97 #B156BB #C582CD #D9ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B156BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B156BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156BB

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156BB	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4773BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.174 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad0',
    500: '#b156bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156bb;
$custom-light: #cb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.059,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60244,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156BB

secondary

#A5CCA1

accent

#D25562

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156BB

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

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