#B156CD#B156CD

#B156CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.191 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CD
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 55.16, -46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 71.94, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1411 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.191 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4771, 20.4117, 59.9749)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CD #72CD56

analogous

#7556CD #B156CD #CD56AE

triadic

#B156CD #CDB156 #56CDB1

tetradic

#B156CD #CD7556 #72CD56 #56AECD

square

#B156CD #CD7556 #72CD56 #56AECD

split-complementary

#B156CD #AECD56 #56CD75

monochromatic

#6D2682 #9434B1 #B156CD #C785DB #DDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B156CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B156CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3877D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.191 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8add',
    500: '#b156cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156cd;
$custom-light: #cb8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61224,
    "c": 0.19112,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CD

secondary

#B3D8A7

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CD

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

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