#B56BCE#B56BCE

#B56BCE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.161 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BCE
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 48.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 45.80, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 60.47, 319.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.1178 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.161 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4527, 24.7965, 61.2992)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BCE #84CE6B

analogous

#846BCE #B56BCE #CE6BB6

triadic

#B56BCE #CEB56B #6BCEB5

tetradic

#B56BCE #CE846B #84CE6B #6BB6CE

square

#B56BCE #CE846B #84CE6B #6BB6CE

split-complementary

#B56BCE #B6CE6B #6BCE84

monochromatic

#772F8F #9D3FBD #B56BCE #CC99DD #E3C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#B56BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#B56BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BCE

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BCE	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5884D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.161 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd97dd',
    500: '#b56bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bce;
$custom-light: #cd97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.848,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64718,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BCE

secondary

#C1DDB8

accent

#BE284E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BCE

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

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