#B156CB#B156CB

#B156CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.189 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CB
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 54.76, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 71.01, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.141 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.189 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2373, 20.3158, 58.7115)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CB #70CB56

analogous

#7756CB #B156CB #CB56AA

triadic

#B156CB #CBB156 #56CBB1

tetradic

#B156CB #CB7756 #70CB56 #56AACB

square

#B156CB #CB7756 #70CB56 #56AACB

split-complementary

#B156CB #AACB56 #56CB77

monochromatic

#6C277F #9336AE #B156CB #C785D9 #DCB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B156CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B156CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CB	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A76CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.189 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8adb',
    500: '#b156cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156cb;
$custom-light: #cb8adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61111,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CB

secondary

#B1D6A6

accent

#DC4B6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CB

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

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