#B56BE6#B56BE6

#B56BE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.187 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BE6
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 50.91, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 72.13, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.1203 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.187 310)
XYZ	xyz(38.5940, 26.0530, 77.8432)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BE6 #9CE66B

analogous

#776BE6 #B56BE6 #E66BD9

triadic

#B56BE6 #E6B56B #6BE6B5

tetradic

#B56BE6 #E6776B #9CE66B #6BD9E6

square

#B56BE6 #E6776B #9CE66B #6BD9E6

split-complementary

#B56BE6 #D9E66B #6BE677

monochromatic

#7B1FB8 #9B37DD #B56BE6 #CF9FEF #E9D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B56BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B56BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BE6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BE6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4788EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF809F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.187 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98ee',
    500: '#b56be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56be6;
$custom-light: #ce98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.098,
    "s": 71.098,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.18702,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.26052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BE6

secondary

#D2EBC2

accent

#D3125F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BE6

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

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