#B556CE#B556CE

#B556CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.194 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556CE
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 56.37, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 72.63, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1459 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.194 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5229, 20.9369, 60.6560)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556CE #6FCE56

analogous

#7956CE #B556CE #CE56AB

triadic

#B556CE #CEB556 #56CEB5

tetradic

#B556CE #CE7956 #6FCE56 #56ABCE

square

#B556CE #CE7956 #6FCE56 #56ABCE

split-complementary

#B556CE #ABCE56 #56CE79

monochromatic

#702683 #9834B3 #B556CE #CA85DC #DFB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B556CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B556CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556CE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556CE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.194 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8add',
    500: '#b556ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ce;
$custom-light: #ce8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61776,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556CE

secondary

#B2D8A8

accent

#DE4968

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556CE

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

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