#B256E8#B256E8

#B256E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.219 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256E8
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 61.00, -58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 84.74, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1424 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.219 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2506, 21.9475, 78.6549)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256E8 #8CE856

analogous

#6956E8 #B256E8 #E856D5

triadic

#B256E8 #E8B256 #56E8B2

tetradic

#B256E8 #E86956 #8CE856 #56D5E8

square

#B256E8 #E86956 #8CE856 #56D5E8

split-complementary

#B256E8 #D5E856 #56E869

monochromatic

#7517AC #9920E1 #B256E8 #CB8CEF #E3C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B256E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B256E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256E8

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256E8	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.219 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf0',
    500: '#b256e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256e8;
$custom-light: #cd8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62962,
    "c": 0.21853,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256E8

secondary

#C6E8B2

accent

#D80D58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256E8

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

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