#B156CF#B156CF

#B156CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.193 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156CF
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 207)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 58.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 55.56, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 72.88, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.1412 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.193 317)
XYZ	xyz(32.7201, 20.5089, 61.2544)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156CF #74CF56

analogous

#7556CF #B156CF #CF56B0

triadic

#B156CF #CFB156 #56CFB1

tetradic

#B156CF #CF7556 #74CF56 #56B0CF

square

#B156CF #CF7556 #74CF56 #56B0CF

split-complementary

#B156CF #B0CF56 #56CF75

monochromatic

#6D2685 #9433B5 #B156CF #C786DD #DDB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B156CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B156CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156CF

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156CF	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3677D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.193 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ade',
    500: '#b156cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156cf;
$custom-light: #cb8ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.124,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61338,
    "c": 0.1931,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.20508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156CF

secondary

#B4D9A8

accent

#DF496E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156CF

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

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