#B456C8#B456C8

#B456C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.188 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456C8
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 54.94, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 69.82, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1444 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.188 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5742, 20.5304, 56.8793)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456C8 #6AC856

analogous

#7B56C8 #B456C8 #C856A3

triadic

#B456C8 #C8B456 #56C8B4

tetradic

#B456C8 #C87B56 #6AC856 #56A3C8

square

#B456C8 #C87B56 #6AC856 #56A3C8

split-complementary

#B456C8 #A3C856 #56C87B

monochromatic

#6D287B #9637AA #B456C8 #C884D7 #DDB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B456C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B456C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456C8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456C8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.188 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ad9',
    500: '#b456c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456c8;
$custom-light: #cd8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61318,
    "c": 0.18762,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456C8

secondary

#AED4A5

accent

#DA4D66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456C8

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

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