#B56BD2#B56BD2

#B56BD2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.165 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BD2
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 46.63, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 62.39, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1184 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.165 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9448, 24.9933, 63.8910)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BD2 #88D26B

analogous

#826BD2 #B56BD2 #D26BBB

triadic

#B56BD2 #D2B56B #6BD2B5

tetradic

#B56BD2 #D2826B #88D26B #6BBBD2

square

#B56BD2 #D2826B #88D26B #6BBBD2

split-complementary

#B56BD2 #BBD26B #6BD282

monochromatic

#782D95 #9E3CC4 #B56BD2 #CC9AE0 #E4C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B56BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B56BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BD2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BD2	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5684D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.165 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e0',
    500: '#b56bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bd2;
$custom-light: #cd98e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.107,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BD2

secondary

#C4DFB9

accent

#C12551

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BD2

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

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