#B256D2#B256D2

#B256D2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.197 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256D2
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 56.42, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 74.33, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1425 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.197 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3190, 20.7749, 63.2151)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256D2 #76D256

analogous

#7456D2 #B256D2 #D256B4

triadic

#B256D2 #D2B256 #56D2B2

tetradic

#B256D2 #D27456 #76D256 #56B4D2

square

#B256D2 #D27456 #76D256 #56B4D2

split-complementary

#B256D2 #B4D256 #56D274

monochromatic

#6F2589 #9631B9 #B256D2 #C886DF #DEB7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B256D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B256D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256D2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256D2	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3378D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.197 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae0',
    500: '#b256d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256d2;
$custom-light: #cc8ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256D2

secondary

#B6DBA9

accent

#E1476F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256D2

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

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