#B256ED#B256ED

#B256ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.224 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256ED
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 62.07, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 87.12, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.1421 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.224 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9709, 22.2357, 82.4486)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256ED #91ED56

analogous

#6656ED #B256ED #ED56DD

triadic

#B256ED #EDB256 #56EDB2

tetradic

#B256ED #ED6656 #91ED56 #56DDED

square

#B256ED #ED6656 #91ED56 #56DDED

split-complementary

#B256ED #DDED56 #56ED66

monochromatic

#7613B5 #991FE7 #B256ED #CB8DF3 #E4C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B256ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B256ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256ED

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256ED	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4083EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.224 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf4',
    500: '#b256ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256ed;
$custom-light: #cd8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63279,
    "c": 0.22358,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256ED

secondary

#CAEAB4

accent

#DD085C

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256ED

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

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