#B456EE#B456EE

#B456EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.225 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B456EE
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 62.72, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 87.61, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1445 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.225 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5798, 22.5327, 83.2419)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B456EE #90EE56

analogous

#6856EE #B456EE #EE56DC

triadic

#B456EE #EEB456 #56EEB4

tetradic

#B456EE #EE6856 #90EE56 #56DCEE

square

#B456EE #EE6856 #90EE56 #56DCEE

split-complementary

#B456EE #DCEE56 #56EE68

monochromatic

#7812B7 #9B1EE8 #B456EE #CD8EF4 #E5C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B456EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B456EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B456EE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B456EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B456EE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b456ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.225 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b456ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b456ee;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b456ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63577,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B456EE

secondary

#CAEBB5

accent

#DE0759

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B456EE

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

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