#B256AB#B256AB

#B256AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.160 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256AB
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 171)
HSL	hsl(305, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 48.99, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 56.90, 329.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1386 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.16 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0383, 19.0626, 40.6701)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256AB #56B25D

analogous

#8B56B2 #B256AB #B2567D

triadic

#B256AB #ABB256 #56ABB2

tetradic

#B256AB #B28B56 #56B25D #567DB2

square

#B256AB #B28B56 #56B25D #567DB2

split-complementary

#B256AB #7DB256 #56B28B

monochromatic

#612C5D #8B3F86 #B256AB #C580C0 #D8AAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B256AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B256AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256AB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256AB	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5171AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.160 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c4',
    500: '#b256ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256ab;
$custom-light: #cb89c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.565,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59576,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256AB

secondary

#9EC6A1

accent

#CD635A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256AB

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

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