#B456E8#B456E8

#B456E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.219 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456E8
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 61.45, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 84.77, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1448 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.219 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7130, 22.1859, 78.6766)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456E8 #8AE856

analogous

#6B56E8 #B456E8 #E856D3

triadic

#B456E8 #E8B456 #56E8B4

tetradic

#B456E8 #E86B56 #8AE856 #56D3E8

square

#B456E8 #E86B56 #8AE856 #56D3E8

split-complementary

#B456E8 #D3E856 #56E86B

monochromatic

#7717AC #9C20E1 #B456E8 #CC8CEF #E4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B456E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B456E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456E8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456E8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.219 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf0',
    500: '#b456e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456e8;
$custom-light: #ce8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.21919,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456E8

secondary

#C5E8B2

accent

#D80D56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456E8

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

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