#B556E1#B556E1

#B556E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.213 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556E1
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 60.21, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 81.49, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1462 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.213 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9721, 21.9166, 73.5550)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556E1 #82E156

analogous

#6F56E1 #B556E1 #E156C7

triadic

#B556E1 #E1B556 #56E1B5

tetradic

#B556E1 #E16F56 #82E156 #56C7E1

square

#B556E1 #E16F56 #82E156 #56C7E1

split-complementary

#B556E1 #C7E156 #56E16F

monochromatic

#761CA0 #9D26D4 #B556E1 #CC8AEA #E3BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B556E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B556E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556E1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556E1	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.213 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8beb',
    500: '#b556e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556e1;
$custom-light: #cf8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.007,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.21257,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556E1

secondary

#C0E4AF

accent

#D21450

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556E1

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

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