#B156DF#B156DF

#B156DF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.209 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156DF
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 58.87, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 80.43, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1414 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.209 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7762, 21.3313, 72.0831)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156DF #84DF56

analogous

#6C56DF #B156DF #DF56C8

triadic

#B156DF #DFB156 #56DFB1

tetradic

#B156DF #DF6C56 #84DF56 #56C8DF

square

#B156DF #DF6C56 #84DF56 #56C8DF

split-complementary

#B156DF #C8DF56 #56DF6C

monochromatic

#721E9D #9827D0 #B156DF #C989E9 #E0BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B156DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B156DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156DF

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156DF	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.209 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bea',
    500: '#b156df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156df;
$custom-light: #cc8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.854,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62285,
    "c": 0.20912,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156DF

secondary

#C0E2AE

accent

#D01554

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156DF

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

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