#B556EF#B556EF

#B556EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.226 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556EF
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 63.15, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 88.10, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1457 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.226 310)
XYZ	xyz(37.9608, 22.7121, 84.0287)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556EF #90EF56

analogous

#6856EF #B556EF #EF56DC

triadic

#B556EF #EFB556 #56EFB5

tetradic

#B556EF #EF6856 #90EF56 #56DCEF

square

#B556EF #EF6856 #90EF56 #56DCEF

split-complementary

#B556EF #DCEF56 #56EF68

monochromatic

#7A12B9 #9D1EEA #B556EF #CD8EF4 #E6C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B556EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B556EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556EF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556EF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4185EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.226 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf5',
    500: '#b556ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ef;
$custom-light: #cf8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.255,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63758,
    "c": 0.22649,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556EF

secondary

#CAEBB5

accent

#DF0659

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556EF

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

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