#B156C8#B156C8

#B156C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.186 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156C8
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 54.16, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 69.62, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1408 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.186 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8832, 20.1741, 56.8469)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156C8 #6DC856

analogous

#7856C8 #B156C8 #C856A6

triadic

#B156C8 #C8B156 #56C8B1

tetradic

#B156C8 #C87856 #6DC856 #56A6C8

square

#B156C8 #C87856 #6DC856 #56A6C8

split-complementary

#B156C8 #A6C856 #56C878

monochromatic

#6B287B #9337AA #B156C8 #C684D7 #DCB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B156C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B156C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156C8

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156C8	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.186 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad9',
    500: '#b156c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156c8;
$custom-light: #cb8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.18619,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156C8

secondary

#AFD4A5

accent

#DA4D6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156C8

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

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