#B56BE3#B56BE3

#B56BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.184 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BE3
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 50.25, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 70.66, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.12 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.184 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1763, 25.8859, 75.6435)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BE3 #99E36B

analogous

#796BE3 #B56BE3 #E36BD5

triadic

#B56BE3 #E3B56B #6BE3B5

tetradic

#B56BE3 #E3796B #99E36B #6BD5E3

square

#B56BE3 #E3796B #99E36B #6BD5E3

split-complementary

#B56BE3 #D5E36B #6BE379

monochromatic

#7B22B2 #9B38D9 #B56BE3 #CF9EED #E8D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B56BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B56BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BE3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BE3	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.184 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98ec',
    500: '#b56be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56be3;
$custom-light: #ce98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65839,
    "c": 0.18371,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BE3

secondary

#D0E9C1

accent

#D0155D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BE3

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

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