#B156EF#B156EF

#B156EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.225 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156EF
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 62.29, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 88.06, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1407 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.225 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0361, 22.2353, 83.9854)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156EF #94EF56

analogous

#6456EF #B156EF #EF56E1

triadic

#B156EF #EFB156 #56EFB1

tetradic

#B156EF #EF6456 #94EF56 #56E1EF

square

#B156EF #EF6456 #94EF56 #56E1EF

split-complementary

#B156EF #E1EF56 #56EF64

monochromatic

#7512B9 #971EEA #B156EF #CB8EF4 #E5C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B156EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B156EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156EF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156EF	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.225 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf5',
    500: '#b156ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156ef;
$custom-light: #cd8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.686,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.2253,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156EF

secondary

#CBEBB5

accent

#DF065E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156EF

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

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