#B556CF#B556CF

#B556CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.195 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556CF
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 207)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 58.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 56.57, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 73.09, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.146 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.195 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6448, 20.9857, 61.2978)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556CF #70CF56

analogous

#7856CF #B556CF #CF56AD

triadic

#B556CF #CFB556 #56CFB5

tetradic

#B556CF #CF7856 #70CF56 #56ADCF

square

#B556CF #CF7856 #70CF56 #56ADCF

split-complementary

#B556CF #ADCF56 #56CF78

monochromatic

#702685 #9933B5 #B556CF #CA86DD #DFB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B556CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B556CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556CF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556CF	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.195 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ade',
    500: '#b556cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556cf;
$custom-light: #ce8ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.107,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61832,
    "c": 0.19488,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556CF

secondary

#B2D9A8

accent

#DF4969

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556CF

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

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