#B256E4#B256E4

#B256E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.214 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256E4
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 60.15, -56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 82.83, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1425 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.215 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6889, 21.7229, 75.6966)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256E4 #88E456

analogous

#6B56E4 #B256E4 #E456CF

triadic

#B256E4 #E4B256 #56E4B2

tetradic

#B256E4 #E46B56 #88E456 #56CFE4

square

#B256E4 #E46B56 #88E456 #56CFE4

split-complementary

#B256E4 #CFE456 #56E46B

monochromatic

#741AA5 #9923DA #B256E4 #CA8BEC #E2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B256E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B256E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256E4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256E4	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.214 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bed',
    500: '#b256e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256e4;
$custom-light: #cd8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62712,
    "c": 0.2145,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256E4

secondary

#C3E5B0

accent

#D51156

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256E4

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

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