#B156CC#B156CC

#B156CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.190 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CC
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 54.96, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 71.48, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.141 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.19 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3568, 20.3636, 59.3412)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CC #71CC56

analogous

#7656CC #B156CC #CC56AC

triadic

#B156CC #CCB156 #56CCB1

tetradic

#B156CC #CC7656 #71CC56 #56ACCC

square

#B156CC #CC7656 #71CC56 #56ACCC

split-complementary

#B156CC #ACCC56 #56CC76

monochromatic

#6C2781 #9435B0 #B156CC #C785DA #DCB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B156CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B156CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CC

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CC	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.190 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8adc',
    500: '#b156cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156cc;
$custom-light: #cb8adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.271,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61167,
    "c": 0.19013,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CC

secondary

#B2D7A7

accent

#DD4B6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CC

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

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