#B556C8#B556C8

#B556C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.188 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556C8
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 55.20, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 69.89, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1456 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.188 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8079, 20.6509, 56.8903)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556C8 #69C856

analogous

#7C56C8 #B556C8 #C856A2

triadic

#B556C8 #C8B556 #56C8B5

tetradic

#B556C8 #C87C56 #69C856 #56A2C8

square

#B556C8 #C87C56 #69C856 #56A2C8

split-complementary

#B556C8 #A2C856 #56C87C

monochromatic

#6E287B #9737AA #B556C8 #C984D7 #DDB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B556C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B556C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556C8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556C8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.188 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ad9',
    500: '#b556c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556c8;
$custom-light: #ce8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61443,
    "c": 0.18812,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556C8

secondary

#ADD4A5

accent

#DA4D65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556C8

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

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