#B556E8#B556E8

#B556E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.220 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556E8
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 61.67, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 84.79, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1461 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.22 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9467, 22.3064, 78.6876)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556E8 #89E856

analogous

#6C56E8 #B556E8 #E856D2

triadic

#B556E8 #E8B556 #56E8B5

tetradic

#B556E8 #E86C56 #89E856 #56D2E8

square

#B556E8 #E86C56 #89E856 #56D2E8

split-complementary

#B556E8 #D2E856 #56E86C

monochromatic

#7817AC #9D20E1 #B556E8 #CD8CEF #E4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B556E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B556E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556E8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556E8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.220 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf0',
    500: '#b556e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556e8;
$custom-light: #cf8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.041,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63317,
    "c": 0.21952,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556E8

secondary

#C5E8B2

accent

#D80D54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556E8

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

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