#B156EE#B156EE

#B156EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.224 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156EE
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 62.07, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 87.59, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1408 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.224 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8888, 22.1764, 83.2095)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156EE #93EE56

analogous

#6556EE #B156EE #EE56DF

triadic

#B156EE #EEB156 #56EEB1

tetradic

#B156EE #EE6556 #93EE56 #56DFEE

square

#B156EE #EE6556 #93EE56 #56DFEE

split-complementary

#B156EE #DFEE56 #56EE65

monochromatic

#7512B7 #971EE8 #B156EE #CB8EF4 #E4C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B156EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B156EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156EE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156EE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.224 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf4',
    500: '#b156ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ee;
$custom-light: #cc8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.921,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156EE

secondary

#CBEBB5

accent

#DE075E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156EE

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

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