#B156BF#B156BF

#B156BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.177 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156BF
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 55%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 52.41, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 65.50, 323.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1401 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.177 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8622, 19.7657, 51.4696)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156BF #64BF56

analogous

#7D56BF #B156BF #BF5699

triadic

#B156BF #BFB156 #56BFB1

tetradic

#B156BF #BF7D56 #64BF56 #5699BF

square

#B156BF #BF7D56 #64BF56 #5699BF

split-complementary

#B156BF #99BF56 #56BF7D

monochromatic

#672A70 #903B9D #B156BF #C582D0 #DAAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B156BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B156BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156BF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156BF	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4474C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.177 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad3',
    500: '#b156bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156bf;
$custom-light: #cb8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60454,
    "c": 0.17744,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156BF

secondary

#A8CFA2

accent

#D55364

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156BF

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

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