#B556DB#B556DB

#B556DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.207 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556DB
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 58.98, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 78.67, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1463 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.207 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1680, 21.5950, 69.3198)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556DB #7CDB56

analogous

#7256DB #B556DB #DB56BF

triadic

#B556DB #DBB556 #56DBB5

tetradic

#B556DB #DB7256 #7CDB56 #56BFDB

square

#B556DB #DB7256 #7CDB56 #56BFDB

split-complementary

#B556DB #BFDB56 #56DB72

monochromatic

#752097 #9C2BC9 #B556DB #CB88E6 #E1BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B556DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B556DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556DB

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556DB	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.207 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be7',
    500: '#b556db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556db;
$custom-light: #ce8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.20663,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556DB

secondary

#BBE0AD

accent

#E84070

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556DB

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

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