#B256BD#B256BD

#B256BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.176 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256BD
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 52.30, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 64.69, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1411 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.176 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8723, 19.7962, 50.3291)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256BD #61BD56

analogous

#7F56BD #B256BD #BD5695

triadic

#B256BD #BDB256 #56BDB2

tetradic

#B256BD #BD7F56 #61BD56 #5695BD

square

#B256BD #BD7F56 #61BD56 #5695BD

split-complementary

#B256BD #95BD56 #56BD7F

monochromatic

#672B6E #903C9A #B256BD #C682CE #DAAEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B256BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B256BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256BD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256BD	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.176 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad1',
    500: '#b256bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256bd;
$custom-light: #cb8ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.592,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60475,
    "c": 0.17606,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256BD

secondary

#A6CDA1

accent

#D45462

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256BD

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

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