#B156CE#B156CE

#B156CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.192 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CE
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 55.36, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 72.41, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1411 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.192 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5982, 20.4601, 60.6126)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CE #73CE56

analogous

#7556CE #B156CE #CE56AF

triadic

#B156CE #CEB156 #56CEB1

tetradic

#B156CE #CE7556 #73CE56 #56AFCE

square

#B156CE #CE7556 #73CE56 #56AFCE

split-complementary

#B156CE #AFCE56 #56CE75

monochromatic

#6D2683 #9434B3 #B156CE #C785DC #DDB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B156CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B156CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CE	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.192 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8add',
    500: '#b156ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ce;
$custom-light: #cb8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6128,
    "c": 0.1921,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CE

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DE496D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CE

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

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