#B456E7#B456E7

#B456E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.218 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456E7
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 61.24, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 84.29, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1449 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.218 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5713, 22.1293, 77.9307)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456E7 #89E756

analogous

#6C56E7 #B456E7 #E756D1

triadic

#B456E7 #E7B456 #56E7B4

tetradic

#B456E7 #E76C56 #89E756 #56D1E7

square

#B456E7 #E76C56 #89E756 #56D1E7

split-complementary

#B456E7 #D1E756 #56E76C

monochromatic

#7718AA #9C20DF #B456E7 #CC8CEF #E4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B456E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B456E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456E7

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456E7	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.218 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bef',
    500: '#b456e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456e7;
$custom-light: #ce8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.897,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63136,
    "c": 0.21818,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456E7

secondary

#C5E7B2

accent

#D70E55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456E7

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

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