#B156CA#B156CA

#B156CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.188 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CA
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 54.56, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 70.55, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1409 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.188 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1185, 20.2682, 58.0860)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CA #6FCA56

analogous

#7756CA #B156CA #CA56A9

triadic

#B156CA #CAB156 #56CAB1

tetradic

#B156CA #CA7756 #6FCA56 #56A9CA

square

#B156CA #CA7756 #6FCA56 #56A9CA

split-complementary

#B156CA #A9CA56 #56CA77

monochromatic

#6B287E #9336AD #B156CA #C785D9 #DCB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B156CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B156CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CA

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CA	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B76CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.188 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ada',
    500: '#b156ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ca;
$custom-light: #cb8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.069,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61054,
    "c": 0.18816,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CA

secondary

#B0D6A6

accent

#DC4C6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CA

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

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