#B556BA#B556BA

#B556BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.175 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556BA
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 186)
HSL	hsl(297, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 52.55, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 63.65, 325.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1442 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.175 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2461, 20.0262, 48.6645)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556BA #5BBA56

analogous

#8356BA #B556BA #BA568D

triadic

#B556BA #BAB556 #56BAB5

tetradic

#B556BA #BA8356 #5BBA56 #568DBA

square

#B556BA #BA8356 #5BBA56 #568DBA

split-complementary

#B556BA #8DBA56 #56BA83

monochromatic

#672B6A #913D96 #B556BA #C881CC #DBADDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B556BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B556BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556BA

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556BA	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A74BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.175 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8acf',
    500: '#b556ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ba;
$custom-light: #cd8acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556BA

secondary

#A3CBA0

accent

#D2565C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556BA

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

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