#B156DE#B156DE

#B156DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.208 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156DE
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 58.66, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 79.96, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1414 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.208 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6418, 21.2775, 71.3752)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156DE #83DE56

analogous

#6D56DE #B156DE #DE56C7

triadic

#B156DE #DEB156 #56DEB1

tetradic

#B156DE #DE6D56 #83DE56 #56C7DE

square

#B156DE #DE6D56 #83DE56 #56C7DE

split-complementary

#B156DE #C7DE56 #56DE6D

monochromatic

#721E9B #9828CE #B156DE #C989E8 #E0BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B156DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B156DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156DE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156DE	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.208 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be9',
    500: '#b156de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156de;
$custom-light: #cc8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.20811,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156DE

secondary

#BFE2AE

accent

#CF1653

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156DE

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

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