#B256AF#B256AF

#B256AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.163 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256AF
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 49.71, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 58.58, 328.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1392 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.163 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4254, 19.2174, 42.7086)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256AF #56B259

analogous

#8756B2 #B256AF #B25681

triadic

#B256AF #AFB256 #56AFB2

tetradic

#B256AF #B28756 #56B259 #5681B2

square

#B256AF #B28756 #56B259 #5681B2

split-complementary

#B256AF #81B256 #56B287

monochromatic

#612C60 #8B3F89 #B256AF #C580C3 #D8AAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B256AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B256AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256AF

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256AF	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F71B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.163 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ac7',
    500: '#b256af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256af;
$custom-light: #cb8ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.957,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59769,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256AF

secondary

#9EC69F

accent

#CD5E5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256AF

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

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