#B56BC2#B56BC2

#B56BC2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.148 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BC2
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 43.37, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 54.82, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1159 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.148 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0502, 24.2355, 53.9128)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BC2 #78C26B

analogous

#8A6BC2 #B56BC2 #C26BA4

triadic

#B56BC2 #C2B56B #6BC2B5

tetradic

#B56BC2 #C28A6B #78C26B #6BA4C2

square

#B56BC2 #C28A6B #78C26B #6BA4C2

split-complementary

#B56BC2 #A4C26B #6BC28A

monochromatic

#73347E #9B46AA #B56BC2 #CB96D4 #E0C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B56BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B56BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BC2

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BC2	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F82C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.148 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd97d4',
    500: '#b56bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bc2;
$custom-light: #cd97d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.034,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64125,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BC2

secondary

#B8D5B3

accent

#D15669

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BC2

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

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