#B256CA#B256CA

#B256CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.189 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256CA
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 54.82, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 70.61, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1421 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.189 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3472, 20.3861, 58.0967)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256CA #6ECA56

analogous

#7856CA #B256CA #CA56A8

triadic

#B256CA #CAB256 #56CAB2

tetradic

#B256CA #CA7856 #6ECA56 #56A8CA

square

#B256CA #CA7856 #6ECA56 #56A8CA

split-complementary

#B256CA #A8CA56 #56CA78

monochromatic

#6C287E #9436AD #B256CA #C785D9 #DCB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B256CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B256CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256CA

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256CA	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.189 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ada',
    500: '#b256ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256ca;
$custom-light: #cc8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61179,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256CA

secondary

#B0D6A6

accent

#DC4C6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256CA

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

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