#B156DB#B156DB

#B156DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.205 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156DB
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 58.03, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 78.53, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1414 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.205 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2433, 21.1182, 69.2765)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156DB #80DB56

analogous

#6F56DB #B156DB #DB56C2

triadic

#B156DB #DBB156 #56DBB1

tetradic

#B156DB #DB6F56 #80DB56 #56C2DB

square

#B156DB #DB6F56 #80DB56 #56C2DB

split-complementary

#B156DB #C2DB56 #56DB6F

monochromatic

#712097 #972BC9 #B156DB #C888E6 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B156DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B156DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156DB

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156DB	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.205 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae7',
    500: '#b156db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156db;
$custom-light: #cc8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62042,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156DB

secondary

#BDE0AD

accent

#E84075

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156DB

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

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