#B156E2#B156E2

#B156E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.212 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E2
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 59.50, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 81.86, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1413 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.212 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1842, 21.4945, 74.2322)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E2 #87E256

analogous

#6B56E2 #B156E2 #E256CD

triadic

#B156E2 #E2B156 #56E2B1

tetradic

#B156E2 #E26B56 #87E256 #56CDE2

square

#B156E2 #E26B56 #87E256 #56CDE2

split-complementary

#B156E2 #CDE256 #56E26B

monochromatic

#731CA2 #9825D6 #B156E2 #C98AEB #E1BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B156E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B156E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E2	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.212 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bec',
    500: '#b156e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e2;
$custom-light: #cc8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.21215,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E2

secondary

#C2E4B0

accent

#D31356

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E2

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

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