#B156E1#B156E1

#B156E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.211 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E1
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 59.29, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 81.38, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1413 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.211 312)
XYZ	xyz(35.0474, 21.4398, 73.5116)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E1 #86E156

analogous

#6B56E1 #B156E1 #E156CB

triadic

#B156E1 #E1B156 #56E1B1

tetradic

#B156E1 #E16B56 #86E156 #56CBE1

square

#B156E1 #E16B56 #86E156 #56CBE1

split-complementary

#B156E1 #CBE156 #56E16B

monochromatic

#731CA0 #9826D4 #B156E1 #C98AEA #E1BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B156E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B156E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E1

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E1	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.211 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8beb',
    500: '#b156e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e1;
$custom-light: #cc8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.281,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.21114,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E1

secondary

#C1E4AF

accent

#D21455

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E1

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

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