#B556DC#B556DC

#B556DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.208 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556DC
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 59.18, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 79.14, 318.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1463 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.208 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3000, 21.6478, 70.0152)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556DC #7DDC56

analogous

#7256DC #B556DC #DC56C0

triadic

#B556DC #DCB556 #56DCB5

tetradic

#B556DC #DC7256 #7DDC56 #56C0DC

square

#B556DC #DC7256 #7DDC56 #56C0DC

split-complementary

#B556DC #C0DC56 #56DC72

monochromatic

#752098 #9C2ACB #B556DC #CB89E6 #E1BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B556DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B556DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556DC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556DC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.208 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be7',
    500: '#b556dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556dc;
$custom-light: #ce8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.537,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62586,
    "c": 0.20762,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556DC

secondary

#BCE1AD

accent

#E93F70

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556DC

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

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