#B556DF#B556DF

#B556DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.211 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556DF
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 59.80, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 80.55, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1463 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.211 314)
XYZ	xyz(35.7009, 21.8081, 72.1265)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556DF #80DF56

analogous

#7056DF #B556DF #DF56C4

triadic

#B556DF #DFB556 #56DFB5

tetradic

#B556DF #DF7056 #80DF56 #56C4DF

square

#B556DF #DF7056 #80DF56 #56C4DF

split-complementary

#B556DF #C4DF56 #56DF70

monochromatic

#761E9D #9D27D0 #B556DF #CC89E9 #E2BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B556DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B556DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556DF

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556DF	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.211 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bea',
    500: '#b556df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556df;
$custom-light: #cf8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.606,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.21058,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.21807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556DF

secondary

#BEE2AE

accent

#D0154F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556DF

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

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