#B256F9#B256F9

#B256F9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.236 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256F9
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 249)
HSL	hsl(274, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 64.68, -66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 92.84, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1412 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.236 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7831, 22.9605, 91.9929)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256F9 #9DF956

analogous

#6056F9 #B256F9 #F956EF

triadic

#B256F9 #F9B256 #56F9B2

tetradic

#B256F9 #F96056 #9DF956 #56EFF9

square

#B256F9 #F96056 #9DF956 #56EFF9

split-complementary

#B256F9 #EFF956 #56F960

monochromatic

#7707CD #971BF7 #B256F9 #CD91FB #E8CCFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B256F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B256F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256F9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256F9	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E84F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A679A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.236 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bfc',
    500: '#b256f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256f9;
$custom-light: #ce8bfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.865,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64064,
    "c": 0.23568,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256F9

secondary

#D2F1BA

accent

#E60064

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256F9

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

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