#B556ED#B556ED

#B556ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.224 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556ED
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 62.73, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 87.15, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1458 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.224 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6670, 22.5946, 82.4813)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556ED #8EED56

analogous

#6956ED #B556ED #ED56DA

triadic

#B556ED #EDB556 #56EDB5

tetradic

#B556ED #ED6956 #8EED56 #56DAED

square

#B556ED #ED6956 #8EED56 #56DAED

split-complementary

#B556ED #DAED56 #56ED69

monochromatic

#7913B5 #9D1FE7 #B556ED #CD8DF3 #E5C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B556ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B556ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556ED

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556ED	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4384EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.224 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b556ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ed;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.748,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.22449,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556ED

secondary

#C8EAB4

accent

#DD0857

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556ED

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

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