#B256BF#B256BF

#B256BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.178 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256BF
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 55%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 52.68, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 65.59, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1413 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.178 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0909, 19.8836, 51.4804)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256BF #63BF56

analogous

#7E56BF #B256BF #BF5698

triadic

#B256BF #BFB256 #56BFB2

tetradic

#B256BF #BF7E56 #63BF56 #5698BF

square

#B256BF #BF7E56 #63BF56 #5698BF

split-complementary

#B256BF #98BF56 #56BF7E

monochromatic

#682A70 #903B9D #B256BF #C682D0 #DAAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B256BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B256BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256BF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256BF	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.178 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad3',
    500: '#b256bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256bf;
$custom-light: #cb8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60581,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256BF

secondary

#A8CFA2

accent

#D55363

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256BF

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

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