#B156E4#B156E4

#B156E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.214 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E4
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 59.92, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 82.81, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1412 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.214 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4602, 21.6049, 75.6859)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E4 #89E456

analogous

#6A56E4 #B156E4 #E456D0

triadic

#B156E4 #E4B156 #56E4B1

tetradic

#B156E4 #E46A56 #89E456 #56D0E4

square

#B156E4 #E46A56 #89E456 #56D0E4

split-complementary

#B156E4 #D0E456 #56E46A

monochromatic

#731AA5 #9823DA #B156E4 #C98BEC #E2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B156E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B156E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E4

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E4	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.214 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bed',
    500: '#b156e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e4;
$custom-light: #cc8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.451,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62593,
    "c": 0.21416,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E4

secondary

#C3E5B0

accent

#D51157

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E4

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

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