#B156E7#B156E7

#B156E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.217 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E7
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 60.56, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 84.24, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1412 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.217 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8803, 21.7730, 77.8983)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E7 #8CE756

analogous

#6856E7 #B156E7 #E756D5

triadic

#B156E7 #E7B156 #56E7B1

tetradic

#B156E7 #E76856 #8CE756 #56D5E7

square

#B156E7 #E76856 #8CE756 #56D5E7

split-complementary

#B156E7 #D5E756 #56E768

monochromatic

#7418AA #9820DF #B156E7 #CA8CEF #E2C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B156E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B156E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E7

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E7	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.217 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bef',
    500: '#b156e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e7;
$custom-light: #cc8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.655,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.21721,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E7

secondary

#C6E7B2

accent

#D70E59

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →