#B456E6#B456E6

#B456E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.217 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456E6
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 61.03, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 83.82, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1449 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.217 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4305, 22.0730, 77.1890)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456E6 #88E656

analogous

#6C56E6 #B456E6 #E656D0

triadic

#B456E6 #E6B456 #56E6B4

tetradic

#B456E6 #E66C56 #88E656 #56D0E6

square

#B456E6 #E66C56 #88E656 #56D0E6

split-complementary

#B456E6 #D0E656 #56E66C

monochromatic

#7719A9 #9C21DE #B456E6 #CC8BEE #E3C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B456E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B456E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456E6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456E6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.217 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bef',
    500: '#b456e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456e6;
$custom-light: #ce8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63073,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456E6

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D60F54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456E6

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

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