#B556E9#B556E9

#B556E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.221 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556E9
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 61.88, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 85.26, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.146 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.221 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0891, 22.3634, 79.4378)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556E9 #8AE956

analogous

#6C56E9 #B556E9 #E956D3

triadic

#B556E9 #E9B556 #56E9B5

tetradic

#B556E9 #E96C56 #8AE956 #56D3E9

square

#B556E9 #E96C56 #8AE956 #56D3E9

split-complementary

#B556E9 #D3E956 #56E96C

monochromatic

#7817AE #9D20E2 #B556E9 #CD8CF0 #E4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B556E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B556E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556E9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556E9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#057EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.221 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf1',
    500: '#b556e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556e9;
$custom-light: #cf8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.776,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.22051,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556E9

secondary

#C6E8B3

accent

#D90C55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556E9

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

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