#B556CA#B556CA

#B556CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.190 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556CA
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 55.59, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 70.80, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1457 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.19 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0432, 20.7450, 58.1293)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556CA #6BCA56

analogous

#7B56CA #B556CA #CA56A5

triadic

#B556CA #CAB556 #56CAB5

tetradic

#B556CA #CA7B56 #6BCA56 #56A5CA

square

#B556CA #CA7B56 #6BCA56 #56A5CA

split-complementary

#B556CA #A5CA56 #56CA7B

monochromatic

#6E287E #9736AD #B556CA #C985D9 #DEB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B556CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B556CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556CA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556CA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.190 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ada',
    500: '#b556ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ca;
$custom-light: #ce8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.138,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61553,
    "c": 0.19004,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556CA

secondary

#AFD6A6

accent

#DC4C66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556CA

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

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