#B256DD#B256DD

#B256DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.207 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256DD
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 58.68, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 79.51, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1426 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.207 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7368, 21.3420, 70.6822)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256DD #81DD56

analogous

#6F56DD #B256DD #DD56C4

triadic

#B256DD #DDB256 #56DDB2

tetradic

#B256DD #DD6F56 #81DD56 #56C4DD

square

#B256DD #DD6F56 #81DD56 #56C4DD

split-complementary

#B256DD #C4DD56 #56DD6F

monochromatic

#731F9A #9929CD #B256DD #C989E7 #E0BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B256DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B256DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256DD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256DD	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.207 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be8',
    500: '#b256dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256dd;
$custom-light: #cc8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.20747,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256DD

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CE1751

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256DD

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

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