#B256AA#B256AA

#B256AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.159 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256AA
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 48.82, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 56.49, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1384 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.159 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9434, 19.0246, 40.1700)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256AA #56B25E

analogous

#8C56B2 #B256AA #B2567C

triadic

#B256AA #AAB256 #56AAB2

tetradic

#B256AA #B28C56 #56B25E #567CB2

square

#B256AA #B28C56 #56B25E #567CB2

split-complementary

#B256AA #7CB256 #56B28C

monochromatic

#612C5D #8B3F85 #B256AA #C580BF #D8AAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B256AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B256AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256AA

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256AA	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5271AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.159 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c3',
    500: '#b256aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256aa;
$custom-light: #cb89c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59529,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256AA

secondary

#9EC6A1

accent

#CD645A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256AA

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

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