#B256BE#B256BE

#B256BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.177 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256BE
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 54.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 52.49, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 65.14, 323.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1412 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.177 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9812, 19.8398, 50.9028)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256BE #62BE56

analogous

#7E56BE #B256BE #BE5696

triadic

#B256BE #BEB256 #56BEB2

tetradic

#B256BE #BE7E56 #62BE56 #5696BE

square

#B256BE #BE7E56 #62BE56 #5696BE

split-complementary

#B256BE #96BE56 #56BE7E

monochromatic

#672B6F #903C9B #B256BE #C682CF #DAAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B256BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B256BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256BE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256BE	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.177 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad2',
    500: '#b256be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256be;
$custom-light: #cb8ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60528,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256BE

secondary

#A7CEA2

accent

#D45462

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256BE

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

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