#B256E7#B256E7

#B256E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.218 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256E7
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 60.79, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 84.26, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1424 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.218 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1090, 21.8909, 77.9090)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256E7 #8BE756

analogous

#6A56E7 #B256E7 #E756D4

triadic

#B256E7 #E7B256 #56E7B2

tetradic

#B256E7 #E76A56 #8BE756 #56D4E7

square

#B256E7 #E76A56 #8BE756 #56D4E7

split-complementary

#B256E7 #D4E756 #56E76A

monochromatic

#7518AA #9A20DF #B256E7 #CA8CEF #E3C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B256E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B256E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256E7

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256E7	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.218 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bef',
    500: '#b256e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256e7;
$custom-light: #cd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.069,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.21752,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256E7

secondary

#C5E7B2

accent

#D70E58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256E7

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

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