#B256DB#B256DB

#B256DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.205 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256DB
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 58.26, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 78.57, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1426 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.205 314)
XYZ	xyz(34.4719, 21.2361, 69.2872)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256DB #7FDB56

analogous

#7056DB #B256DB #DB56C1

triadic

#B256DB #DBB256 #56DBB2

tetradic

#B256DB #DB7056 #7FDB56 #56C1DB

square

#B256DB #DB7056 #7FDB56 #56C1DB

split-complementary

#B256DB #C1DB56 #56DB70

monochromatic

#722097 #982BC9 #B256DB #C988E6 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B256DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B256DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256DB

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256DB	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.205 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be7',
    500: '#b256db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256db;
$custom-light: #cc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.504,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62163,
    "c": 0.20547,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.21235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256DB

secondary

#BDE0AD

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256DB

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

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