#B556DA#B556DA

#B556DA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.206 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556DA
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 218)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 60.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 58.77, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 78.20, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1463 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.206 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0367, 21.5425, 68.6286)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556DA #7BDA56

analogous

#7356DA #B556DA #DA56BD

triadic

#B556DA #DAB556 #56DAB5

tetradic

#B556DA #DA7356 #7BDA56 #56BDDA

square

#B556DA #DA7356 #7BDA56 #56BDDA

split-complementary

#B556DA #BDDA56 #56DA73

monochromatic

#742195 #9C2CC7 #B556DA #CB88E5 #E1BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B556DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B556DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556DA

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556DA	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.206 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be6',
    500: '#b556da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556da;
$custom-light: #ce8be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.182,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.20564,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556DA

secondary

#BBE0AC

accent

#E7416F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556DA

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

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