#B56ADE#B56ADE

#B56ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.180 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56ADE
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 52.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 49.69, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 68.81, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.121 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.18 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3926, 25.4066, 72.0273)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56ADE #93DE6A

analogous

#7B6ADE #B56ADE #DE6ACD

triadic

#B56ADE #DEB56A #6ADEB5

tetradic

#B56ADE #DE7B6A #93DE6A #6ACDDE

square

#B56ADE #DE7B6A #93DE6A #6ACDDE

split-complementary

#B56ADE #CDDE6A #6ADE7B

monochromatic

#7A25A8 #9C38D3 #B56ADE #CE9CE9 #E7CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B56ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#B56ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56ADE

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56ADE	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C86E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.180 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce97e9',
    500: '#b56ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ade;
$custom-light: #ce97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.793,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.1798,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56ADE

secondary

#CCE6BE

accent

#CC1A59

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56ADE

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

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