#B156F0#B156F0

#B156F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.226 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156F0
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 240)
HSL	hsl(275, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 62.51, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 88.54, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1407 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.226 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1842, 22.2945, 84.7656)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156F0 #95F056

analogous

#6456F0 #B156F0 #F056E2

triadic

#B156F0 #F0B156 #56F0B1

tetradic

#B156F0 #F06456 #95F056 #56E2F0

square

#B156F0 #F06456 #95F056 #56E2F0

split-complementary

#B156F0 #E2F056 #56F064

monochromatic

#7511BB #971EEB #B156F0 #CB8EF5 #E5C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B156F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B156F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156F0

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156F0	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A83ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.226 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf6',
    500: '#b156f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156f0;
$custom-light: #cd8bf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.22631,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156F0

secondary

#CCECB6

accent

#E0055F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156F0

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

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