#B156E8#B156E8

#B156E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.218 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E8
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 60.78, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 84.72, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1411 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.218 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0220, 21.8296, 78.6442)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E8 #8DE856

analogous

#6856E8 #B156E8 #E856D6

triadic

#B156E8 #E8B156 #56E8B1

tetradic

#B156E8 #E86856 #8DE856 #56D6E8

square

#B156E8 #E86856 #8DE856 #56D6E8

split-complementary

#B156E8 #D6E856 #56E868

monochromatic

#7417AC #9820E1 #B156E8 #CA8CEF #E3C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B156E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B156E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.218 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf0',
    500: '#b156e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e8;
$custom-light: #cc8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.397,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62844,
    "c": 0.21821,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E8

secondary

#C6E8B2

accent

#D80D5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E8

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

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