#B56BDA#B56BDA

#B56BDA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.174 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BDA
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 48.31, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 66.26, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1193 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.174 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9665, 25.4020, 69.2718)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BDA #90DA6B

analogous

#7D6BDA #B56BDA #DA6BC7

triadic

#B56BDA #DAB56B #6BDAB5

tetradic

#B56BDA #DA7D6B #90DA6B #6BC7DA

square

#B56BDA #DA7D6B #90DA6B #6BC7DA

split-complementary

#B56BDA #C7DA6B #6BDA7D

monochromatic

#7A29A2 #9D3ACE #B56BDA #CD9CE6 #E6CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B56BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#B56BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BDA

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BDA	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5186DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.174 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e6',
    500: '#b56bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bda;
$custom-light: #cd98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65346,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BDA

secondary

#CAE4BD

accent

#C81E56

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BDA

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

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