#B256F6#B256F6

#B256F6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.233 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256F6
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 246)
HSL	hsl(275, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 65%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 64.03, -65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 91.41, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1415 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.233 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3190, 22.7749, 89.5482)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256F6 #9AF656

analogous

#6256F6 #B256F6 #F656EA

triadic

#B256F6 #F6B256 #56F6B2

tetradic

#B256F6 #F66256 #9AF656 #56EAF6

square

#B256F6 #F66256 #9AF656 #56EAF6

split-complementary

#B256F6 #EAF656 #56F662

monochromatic

#770BC7 #981CF3 #B256F6 #CC90F9 #E7CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B256F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B256F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256F6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256F6	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3384F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7789F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.233 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bfa',
    500: '#b256f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256f6;
$custom-light: #ce8bfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63865,
    "c": 0.23266,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256F6

secondary

#D0EFB9

accent

#E60062

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256F6

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

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