#B156F5#B156F5

#B156F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.231 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156F5
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 245)
HSL	hsl(274, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 64.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 63.60, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 90.93, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1403 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.231 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9372, 22.5957, 88.7314)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156F5 #9AF556

analogous

#6256F5 #B156F5 #F556E9

triadic

#B156F5 #F5B156 #56F5B1

tetradic

#B156F5 #F56256 #9AF556 #56E9F5

square

#B156F5 #F56256 #9AF556 #56E9F5

split-complementary

#B156F5 #E9F556 #56F562

monochromatic

#760CC5 #961CF2 #B156F5 #CC90F8 #E6CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B156F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B156F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156F5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156F5	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3384F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.231 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf9',
    500: '#b156f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156f5;
$custom-light: #cd8bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.34,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63684,
    "c": 0.23138,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156F5

secondary

#CFEFB8

accent

#E50062

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156F5

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

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