#B56BE7#B56BE7

#B56BE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.188 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BE7
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 53.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 51.13, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 72.62, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.1203 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.188 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7348, 26.1093, 78.5849)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BE7 #9DE76B

analogous

#776BE7 #B56BE7 #E76BDB

triadic

#B56BE7 #E7B56B #6BE7B5

tetradic

#B56BE7 #E7776B #9DE76B #6BDBE7

square

#B56BE7 #E7776B #9DE76B #6BDBE7

split-complementary

#B56BE7 #DBE76B #6BE777

monochromatic

#7B1EBA #9B36DE #B56BE7 #CFA0F0 #EAD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B56BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B56BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BE7

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BE7	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4688EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.188 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98ef',
    500: '#b56be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56be7;
$custom-light: #ce98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66064,
    "c": 0.18812,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BE7

secondary

#D3EBC3

accent

#D41160

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BE7

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

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