#B556E6#B556E6

#B556E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.218 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556E6
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 61.25, -57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 83.84, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1461 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.218 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6642, 22.1935, 77.1999)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556E6 #87E656

analogous

#6D56E6 #B556E6 #E656CF

triadic

#B556E6 #E6B556 #56E6B5

tetradic

#B556E6 #E66D56 #87E656 #56CFE6

square

#B556E6 #E66D56 #87E656 #56CFE6

split-complementary

#B556E6 #CFE656 #56E66D

monochromatic

#7819A9 #9E21DE #B556E6 #CC8BEE #E4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B556E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B556E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556E6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556E6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.218 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bef',
    500: '#b556e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556e6;
$custom-light: #cf8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63193,
    "c": 0.21753,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556E6

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D60F53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556E6

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

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