#B456E5#B456E5

#B456E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.216 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456E5
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 60.82, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 83.35, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1449 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.216 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2905, 22.0169, 76.4515)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456E5 #87E556

analogous

#6D56E5 #B456E5 #E556CE

triadic

#B456E5 #E5B456 #56E5B4

tetradic

#B456E5 #E56D56 #87E556 #56CEE5

square

#B456E5 #E56D56 #87E556 #56CEE5

split-complementary

#B456E5 #CEE556 #56E56D

monochromatic

#771AA7 #9C22DC #B456E5 #CC8BED #E3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B456E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B456E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456E5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456E5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.216 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bee',
    500: '#b456e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456e5;
$custom-light: #ce8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.441,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.21619,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456E5

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D51054

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456E5

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

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