#B256C8#B256C8

#B256C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.187 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256C8
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 54.42, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 69.69, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.142 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.187 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1119, 20.2920, 56.8576)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256C8 #6CC856

analogous

#7956C8 #B256C8 #C856A5

triadic

#B256C8 #C8B256 #56C8B2

tetradic

#B256C8 #C87956 #6CC856 #56A5C8

square

#B256C8 #C87956 #6CC856 #56A5C8

split-complementary

#B256C8 #A5C856 #56C879

monochromatic

#6B287B #9437AA #B256C8 #C784D7 #DCB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B256C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B256C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256C8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256C8	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.187 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad9',
    500: '#b256c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256c8;
$custom-light: #cc8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61068,
    "c": 0.18667,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256C8

secondary

#AED4A5

accent

#DA4D69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256C8

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

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