#B56AE9#B56AE9

#B56AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.192 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56AE9
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 52.09, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 74.19, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.1217 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.192 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9152, 26.0157, 80.0465)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56AE9 #9EE96A

analogous

#766AE9 #B56AE9 #E96ADE

triadic

#B56AE9 #E9B56A #6AE9B5

tetradic

#B56AE9 #E9766A #9EE96A #6ADEE9

square

#B56AE9 #E9766A #9EE96A #6ADEE9

split-complementary

#B56AE9 #DEE96A #6AE976

monochromatic

#7B1CBD #9B35E1 #B56AE9 #CF9FF1 #EAD5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B56AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B56AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56AE9

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56AE9	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4288ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE81A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.192 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce97f0',
    500: '#b56ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ae9;
$custom-light: #ce97f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.433,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66033,
    "c": 0.19184,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56AE9

secondary

#D4ECC3

accent

#D60F61

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56AE9

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

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