#B256D9#B256D9

#B256D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.203 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256D9
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 57.85, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 77.62, 318.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1426 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.203 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2102, 21.1314, 67.9089)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256D9 #7DD956

analogous

#7056D9 #B256D9 #D956BF

triadic

#B256D9 #D9B256 #56D9B2

tetradic

#B256D9 #D97056 #7DD956 #56BFD9

square

#B256D9 #D97056 #7DD956 #56BFD9

split-complementary

#B256D9 #BFD956 #56D970

monochromatic

#712193 #982CC5 #B256D9 #C988E4 #E0BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B256D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B256D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256D9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256D9	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.203 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae5',
    500: '#b256d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256d9;
$custom-light: #cc8ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.137,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.20347,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256D9

secondary

#BBDFAC

accent

#E64173

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256D9

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

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