#B556E7#B556E7

#B556E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.219 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556E7
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 61.46, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 84.31, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1461 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.219 312)
XYZ	xyz(36.8050, 22.2498, 77.9416)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556E7 #88E756

analogous

#6C56E7 #B556E7 #E756D1

triadic

#B556E7 #E7B556 #56E7B5

tetradic

#B556E7 #E76C56 #88E756 #56D1E7

square

#B556E7 #E76C56 #88E756 #56D1E7

split-complementary

#B556E7 #D1E756 #56E76C

monochromatic

#7818AA #9E20DF #B556E7 #CC8CEF #E4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B556E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B556E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556E7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556E7	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.219 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bef',
    500: '#b556e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556e7;
$custom-light: #cf8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63255,
    "c": 0.21852,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.22249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556E7

secondary

#C4E7B2

accent

#D70E54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556E7

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

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