#B156EB#B156EB

#B156EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.221 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156EB
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 61.42, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 86.15, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.141 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.221 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4517, 22.0015, 80.9076)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156EB #90EB56

analogous

#6656EB #B156EB #EB56DB

triadic

#B156EB #EBB156 #56EBB1

tetradic

#B156EB #EB6656 #90EB56 #56DBEB

square

#B156EB #EB6656 #90EB56 #56DBEB

split-complementary

#B156EB #DBEB56 #56EB66

monochromatic

#7515B2 #981FE5 #B156EB #CA8DF1 #E4C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B156EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B156EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156EB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156EB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.221 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf2',
    500: '#b156eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156eb;
$custom-light: #cc8bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.644,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63035,
    "c": 0.22125,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156EB

secondary

#C8E9B4

accent

#DB0A5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156EB

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

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