#B256FF#B256FF

#B256FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.242 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256FF
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(273, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 66.01, -69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 95.71, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1407 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.242 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7339, 23.3409, 97.0003)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256FF #A3FF56

analogous

#5E56FF #B256FF #FF56F7

triadic

#B256FF #FFB256 #56FFB2

tetradic

#B256FF #FF5E56 #A3FF56 #56F7FF

square

#B256FF #FF5E56 #A3FF56 #56F7FF

split-complementary

#B256FF #F7FF56 #56FF5E

monochromatic

#7700DB #9619FF #B256FF #CE93FF #EAD0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B256FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B256FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256FF

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256FF	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2285FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.242 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cff',
    500: '#b256ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256ff;
$custom-light: #ce8cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.663,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64467,
    "c": 0.24173,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256FF

secondary

#D6F3BD

accent

#E60069

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256FF

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

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