#B456E4#B456E4

#B456E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.215 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456E4
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 60.61, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 82.88, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.145 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.215 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1513, 21.9613, 75.7183)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456E4 #86E456

analogous

#6D56E4 #B456E4 #E456CD

triadic

#B456E4 #E4B456 #56E4B4

tetradic

#B456E4 #E46D56 #86E456 #56CDE4

square

#B456E4 #E46D56 #86E456 #56CDE4

split-complementary

#B456E4 #CDE456 #56E46D

monochromatic

#761AA5 #9C23DA #B456E4 #CB8BEC #E3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B456E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B456E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456E4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456E4	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.215 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bed',
    500: '#b456e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456e4;
$custom-light: #ce8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.21518,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456E4

secondary

#C2E5B0

accent

#D51153

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456E4

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

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