#B556EB#B556EB

#B556EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.223 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556EB
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 62.30, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 86.21, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1459 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.223 311)
XYZ	xyz(37.3764, 22.4783, 80.9510)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556EB #8CEB56

analogous

#6A56EB #B556EB #EB56D6

triadic

#B556EB #EBB556 #56EBB5

tetradic

#B556EB #EB6A56 #8CEB56 #56D6EB

square

#B556EB #EB6A56 #8CEB56 #56D6EB

split-complementary

#B556EB #D6EB56 #56EB6A

monochromatic

#7915B2 #9D1FE5 #B556EB #CD8DF1 #E5C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B556EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B556EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556EB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556EB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.223 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf2',
    500: '#b556eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556eb;
$custom-light: #cf8bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.255,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63505,
    "c": 0.22251,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.22477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556EB

secondary

#C7E9B4

accent

#DB0A56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556EB

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

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