#B156EA#B156EA

#B156EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.220 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156EA
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 61.21, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 85.67, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.141 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.22 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3076, 21.9439, 80.1489)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156EA #8FEA56

analogous

#6756EA #B156EA #EA56D9

triadic

#B156EA #EAB156 #56EAB1

tetradic

#B156EA #EA6756 #8FEA56 #56D9EA

square

#B156EA #EA6756 #8FEA56 #56D9EA

split-complementary

#B156EA #D9EA56 #56EA67

monochromatic

#7416B0 #9820E3 #B156EA #CA8CF1 #E3C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B156EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B156EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156EA

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156EA	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.220 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf1',
    500: '#b156ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ea;
$custom-light: #cc8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.892,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.22024,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156EA

secondary

#C8E9B3

accent

#DA0B5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156EA

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

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