#B256DE#B256DE

#B256DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.208 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256DE
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 58.89, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 79.98, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1426 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.208 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8704, 21.3955, 71.3859)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256DE #82DE56

analogous

#6E56DE #B256DE #DE56C6

triadic

#B256DE #DEB256 #56DEB2

tetradic

#B256DE #DE6E56 #82DE56 #56C6DE

square

#B256DE #DE6E56 #82DE56 #56C6DE

split-complementary

#B256DE #C6DE56 #56DE6E

monochromatic

#731E9B #9928CE #B256DE #C989E8 #E1BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B256DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B256DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256DE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256DE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.208 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be9',
    500: '#b256de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256de;
$custom-light: #cc8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62343,
    "c": 0.20847,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256DE

secondary

#BFE2AE

accent

#CF1652

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256DE

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

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