#B556D2#B556D2

#B556D2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.198 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556D2
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 57.16, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 74.48, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1461 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.198 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0151, 21.1338, 63.2477)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556D2 #73D256

analogous

#7756D2 #B556D2 #D256B1

triadic

#B556D2 #D2B556 #56D2B5

tetradic

#B556D2 #D27756 #73D256 #56B1D2

square

#B556D2 #D27756 #73D256 #56B1D2

split-complementary

#B556D2 #B1D256 #56D277

monochromatic

#722589 #9A31B9 #B556D2 #CA86DF #DFB7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B556D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B556D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556D2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556D2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.198 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be0',
    500: '#b556d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556d2;
$custom-light: #ce8be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.968,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62002,
    "c": 0.1978,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556D2

secondary

#B5DBA9

accent

#E1476B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556D2

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

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