#B556BB#B556BB

#B556BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.176 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556BB
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(296, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 52.74, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 64.08, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1444 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.176 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3528, 20.0689, 49.2263)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556BB #5CBB56

analogous

#8256BB #B556BB #BB568E

triadic

#B556BB #BBB556 #56BBB5

tetradic

#B556BB #BB8256 #5CBB56 #568EBB

square

#B556BB #BB8256 #5CBB56 #568EBB

split-complementary

#B556BB #8EBB56 #56BB82

monochromatic

#682B6B #923D97 #B556BB #C882CD #DBADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B556BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B556BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556BB

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556BB	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#4974BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.176 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ad0',
    500: '#b556bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556bb;
$custom-light: #ce8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.436,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60755,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556BB

secondary

#A3CCA1

accent

#D2555D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556BB

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

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