#B56BB4#B56BB4

#B56BB4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.134 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BB4
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 180)
HSL	hsl(301, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 40.68, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 48.51, 326.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1131 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.134 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5514, 23.6360, 46.0187)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BB4 #6BB56C

analogous

#916BB5 #B56BB4 #B56B8F

triadic

#B56BB4 #B4B56B #6BB4B5

tetradic

#B56BB4 #B5916B #6BB56C #6B8FB5

square

#B56BB4 #B5916B #6BB56C #6B8FB5

split-complementary

#B56BB4 #8FB56B #6BB591

monochromatic

#6E376E #974C96 #B56BB4 #C994C9 #DEBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B56BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B56BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BB4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BB4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.134 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97ca',
    500: '#b56bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bb4;
$custom-light: #cc97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.811,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BB4

secondary

#AFCDAF

accent

#C9605E

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BB4

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

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