#B156BD#B156BD

#B156BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.176 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156BD
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 52.02, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 64.60, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1399 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.176 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6436, 19.6783, 50.3184)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B156BD #62BD56

analogous

#7E56BD #B156BD #BD5696

triadic

#B156BD #BDB156 #56BDB1

tetradic

#B156BD #BD7E56 #62BD56 #5696BD

square

#B156BD #BD7E56 #62BD56 #5696BD

split-complementary

#B156BD #96BD56 #56BD7E

monochromatic

#662B6E #8F3C9A #B156BD #C582CE #DAAEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B156BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B156BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156BD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156BD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.176 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad1',
    500: '#b156bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156bd;
$custom-light: #cb8ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.01,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156BD

secondary

#A7CDA1

accent

#D45463

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156BD

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

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